bulldozeverb [ T ]
uk/ˈbʊl.dəʊz/us/ˈbʊl.doʊz/to destroy buildings and make an area flat with a bulldozer:
The township was bulldozed in the 1950s.
to force someone to do something, although they might not want to:
She bulldozed her daughter into buying a new dress.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Destroying and demolishing
- annihilate
- apocalypse
- be sacrificed on the altar of sth idiom
- blast
- blast/blow sb/sth to kingdom come idiom
- kill sth off
- kill the goose that lays the golden egg idiom
- knock
- knock sth down
- knock sth out
- sacrifice
- sink
- smash
- stave sth in
- take sb/sth out
- tear 1
- tear sth apart
- tear sth down
- teardown
- wipe
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