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单词 bulldozing
释义

bulldoze

verb

bull·​doze ˈbu̇l-ˌdōz How to pronounce bulldoze (audio)
 also  ˈbəl-
bulldozed; bulldozing; bulldozes

transitive verb

1
: to coerce or restrain by threats : bully
2
: to move, clear, gouge out, or level off by pushing with or as if with a bulldozer
3
: to force insensitively or ruthlessly

intransitive verb

1
: to operate a bulldozer
2
: to force one's way like a bulldozer

Synonyms

  • bore
  • bull
  • crash
  • elbow
  • jam
  • jostle
  • muscle
  • press
  • push
  • shoulder
  • squeeze
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Example Sentences

The crew is bulldozing the trees. They bulldozed a road through the hills. The governor bulldozed the law through the legislature.
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Word History

Etymology

perhaps from bull entry 1 + alteration of dose

First Known Use

1876, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

bulldozing 1 of 2

noun

as in browbeating

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • browbeating
  • bullying
  • pressure
  • intimidation
  • coercion
  • menace
  • threat
  • violence
  • compulsion
  • terrorism
  • fear
  • terror
  • force
  • arm-twisting
  • sword
  • constraint
  • squeeze
  • duress
  • muscle
  • strength
  • squeeze play
  • might
  • potency
  • stress
  • puissance
  • hardheadedness
  • willfulness
  • self-will
  • strain

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • approval
  • consent
  • permission
  • agreement
  • convincing
  • persuasion
  • reason
  • suasion
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bulldozing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of bulldoze
1
as in pushing
to force one's way bulldozed through the crowd at the arena, urgently trying to find the bathroom

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • pushing
  • squeezing
  • shoving
  • jamming
  • crashing
  • jostling
  • elbowing
  • thrusting
  • muscling
  • pressing
  • ramming
  • boring
  • bulling
  • shouldering
2
as in intimidating
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

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • intimidating
  • bullying
  • browbeating
  • scaring
  • coercing
  • frightening
  • cowing
  • hectoring
  • strong-arming
  • startling
  • threatening
  • shocking
  • harassing
  • bullyragging
  • pressuring
  • ballyragging
  • terrorizing
  • picking on
  • blackjacking
  • bogarting
  • forcing
  • badgering
  • blustering
  • bludgeoning
  • terrifying
  • spooking
  • hounding
  • horrifying
  • menacing
  • alarming
  • trash-talking
  • disturbing
  • obliging
  • upsetting
  • constraining
  • dragooning
  • demoralizing
  • pressing
  • perturbing
  • compelling
  • unnerving
  • disconcerting
  • pushing around
  • disquieting
  • making
  • distressing
  • unmanning
  • affrighting
  • discomposing
  • alaruming
  • psyching (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • comforting
  • soothing
  • cheering
  • consoling
  • encouraging
  • reassuring
  • convincing
  • persuading
  • solacing
  • steeling
  • emboldening
  • heartening
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