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as in intimidated
to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats
one of those gatherings at which high-pressure sales reps try to bulldoze naive people into buying time-shares
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Recent Examples of bulldozed
On the next play, Zach Allen bulldozed through Tennessee’s offensive line to drop Ward 11 yards behind the line of scrimmage.
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Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
In 2024, North Attleboro (11-2) bulldozed its way to a championship, only to see juggernauts like King Philip and Marshfield join them among its Div.
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Someone had to have dug the pit, stacked the corpses, bulldozed over the mass graves.
—Seema Jilani
august 29, Literary Hub, 29 Aug. 2025
But in building the infrastructure required for nuclear testing, and in the subsequent clean-up efforts, the US bulldozed vegetation, changing local ecosystems.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2025
The forest giants went down before the saw and ax, and anything left was bulldozed to the ground so that pine trees might be planted for pulpwood.
—Charles Elliott, Outdoor Life, 21 Aug. 2025
The tents that remained – and everything in them – were soon bulldozed and taken to a landfill.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
Several other troughs appeared to have been already filled and bulldozed over.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2024
Infrastructure projects promised to repair the scar left of decades-old urban renewal projects that bulldozed Black neighborhoods.
—Lenwood V. Long, Sr., Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
In 2024, North Attleboro (11-2) bulldozed its way to a championship, only to see juggernauts like King Philip and Marshfield join them among its Div.
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Someone had to have dug the pit, stacked the corpses, bulldozed over the mass graves.
—Seema Jilani
august 29, Literary Hub, 29 Aug. 2025
But in building the infrastructure required for nuclear testing, and in the subsequent clean-up efforts, the US bulldozed vegetation, changing local ecosystems.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2025
The forest giants went down before the saw and ax, and anything left was bulldozed to the ground so that pine trees might be planted for pulpwood.
—Charles Elliott, Outdoor Life, 21 Aug. 2025
The tents that remained – and everything in them – were soon bulldozed and taken to a landfill.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
Several other troughs appeared to have been already filled and bulldozed over.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2024
Infrastructure projects promised to repair the scar left of decades-old urban renewal projects that bulldozed Black neighborhoods.
—Lenwood V. Long, Sr., Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bulldozed
Verb
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McBee, who is facing up to 30 years in prison, was originally given a sentencing date in March before being pushed to June and then September.—
Liza Esquibias,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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Schiffer said Meghan had been too risk averse in the first two seasons, but could try to pitch a slightly different concept for a third season that pushed the boundaries far more.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Seattle was not intimidated by Miami’s star power.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
1 Sep. 2025
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We are not intimidated by revenue sharing.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
31 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The shakeups are the latest at a time when restaurants are squeezed between a labor shortage, rising food prices and a loss of customers as diners cut back on spending.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Sep. 2025
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For now, the three youngest each sleep in their own pack-and-plays squeezed into their parents’ bedroom.—
Jeff Truesdell,
People.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The first touchdown of the year was bullied into the end zone by Williams, who wouldn’t be done in this game.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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The documentary tells the true story of a teenage couple relentlessly bullied via text by an anonymous harasser.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Family pets, especially dogs, are frightened by the noise and will hide or try to run away.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Aug. 2025
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In the first Nobody, Odenkirk’s Hutch has to reignite the sleeping assassin within himself after his family was frightened by a botched home invasion.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Bulldozed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bulldozed. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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