bulldozer
To clear land or demolish buildings using a heavy tractor, or metaphorically, to force someone to do something through intimidation or brute persistence. It implies an unstoppable force that ignores obstacles or the feelings of others.
Beispiele
3 von 5The city council plans to bulldoze the abandoned factory to create a new park.
The city council plans to demolish the abandoned factory using heavy machinery to create a new park.
The government was criticized for trying to bulldoze the controversial bill through the legislature.
The government was criticized for trying to force the controversial bill through the legislature without enough debate.
My boss tried to bulldoze me into working over the weekend, but I stood my ground.
My boss tried to pressure or intimidate me into working over the weekend, but I refused.
Wortfamilie
Merkhilfe
Visualize a 'Bull' giving a 'Dose' of medicine—the word originally meant a 'dose fit for a bull' to describe severe intimidation.
Schnelles Quiz
The developer had to ___ several old trees to make room for the new driveway.
Richtig!
Die richtige Antwort ist: bulldoze
Beispiele
The city council plans to bulldoze the abandoned factory to create a new park.
everydayThe city council plans to demolish the abandoned factory using heavy machinery to create a new park.
The government was criticized for trying to bulldoze the controversial bill through the legislature.
formalThe government was criticized for trying to force the controversial bill through the legislature without enough debate.
My boss tried to bulldoze me into working over the weekend, but I stood my ground.
informalMy boss tried to pressure or intimidate me into working over the weekend, but I refused.
Scholars argue that colonial powers often bulldoze indigenous legal systems to impose their own.
academicScholars argue that colonial powers often forcibly replace indigenous legal systems to impose their own.
Our competitors are trying to bulldoze our market share by lowering prices to unsustainable levels.
businessOur competitors are trying to aggressively take over our market share by lowering prices significantly.
Wortfamilie
Häufige Kollokationen
Häufige Phrasen
bulldoze your way in
to enter a place or situation by force or aggressive behavior
to be bulldozed
to be forced or intimidated into doing something
like a bulldozer
acting in a powerful, unstoppable, and perhaps insensitive manner
Wird oft verwechselt mit
To bully is to repeatedly harass someone weaker; to bulldoze is to use force to overcome a specific obstacle or resistance.
Demolish refers specifically to destroying structures; bulldoze can refer to land clearing or metaphorical coercion.
Nutzungshinweise
In common English, 'bulldoze' is the verb form. While the noun is 'bulldozer', the verb describes the action of using that machine or acting with similar unstoppable force.
Häufige Fehler
Learners often use 'bulldozer' as the verb (e.g., 'They bulldozer the house'), but the correct verb is 'bulldoze'.
Merkhilfe
Visualize a 'Bull' giving a 'Dose' of medicine—the word originally meant a 'dose fit for a bull' to describe severe intimidation.
Wortherkunft
From the late 19th-century Americanism 'bull-dose', meaning a 'dose fit for a bull,' originally referring to a severe whipping used as intimidation.
Grammatikmuster
Kultureller Kontext
The term is frequently used in political journalism to describe leaders who push policies through without considering minority opinions.
Schnelles Quiz
The developer had to ___ several old trees to make room for the new driveway.
Richtig!
Die richtige Antwort ist: bulldoze
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