bulldoze
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++bull·doze /ˈbʊldəʊz $ -doʊz/ verb [transitive] 1. TBCto destroy buildings etc with a bulldozer 〔用推土机〕推倒2. TBCto push objects such as earth and rocks out of the way with a bulldozer 〔用推土机〕推平，平整3. bulldoze somebody into (doing) something FORCE somebody TO DO somethingto force someone to do something that they do not really want to do 强迫某人做某事→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
bulldoze• Industrial remains have been bulldozed and buried under newly laid turf.• Congress is refusing to be bulldozed by the White House on the issue.• But the tombs were empty; the bodies had been bulldozed into mass graves in the south, where they had fallen.• After her death, it was vandalized and eventually bulldozed into nothing.• This particular urban wildlife corridor is slated to be bulldozed, Jimerfield says.• Shortly afterwards, an area nearby was bulldozed to make way for radar-tracking equipment.• Every day that passes 74,000 acres of rainforest in the world are burned, logged or bulldozed to the ground.• The homes were bulldozed two days later.Origin bulldoze (1800-1900) Perhaps from bull + dosebull·doze verbChineseSyllable
a etc Corpus with destroy bulldozer to buildings
bulldoze
bull‧doze /ˈbʊldəʊz $ -doʊz/
verb [transitive]
2. to push objects such as earth and rocks out of the way with a bulldozer
3. bulldoze somebody into (doing) something to force someone to do something that they do not really want to do
bull‧doze /ˈbʊldəʊz $ -doʊz/
verb [transitive] Date: 1800-1900
Origin: Perhaps from bull + dose
1. to destroy buildings etc with a bulldozerOrigin: Perhaps from bull + dose
2. to push objects such as earth and rocks out of the way with a bulldozer
3. bulldoze somebody into (doing) something to force someone to do something that they do not really want to do