bulldozer
noun
bull·doz·er
ˈbu̇l-ˌdō-zər 
also ˈbəl-
1
: one that bulldozes
2
: a tractor-driven machine usually having a broad horizontal blade for moving earth
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Other footage showed bulldozers being used to clear roads and restore access to the isolated community.
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Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
The deployment of excavators, bulldozers and dump trucks at the bank site has given East Hartford residents a visual sign of change at Founders Plaza, a collection of office buildings that were modern a generation ago but in decline for the past 10 years or more.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 5 Feb. 2026
The blood trail ascended a 20-foot pile of snow and ice, pushed there by a bulldozer that cleared a road in the village.
—Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 4 Feb. 2026
Police forces, alongside enforcement officers from the Israel Land Authority, arrived at the compound with bulldozers and engineering equipment and began demolishing the site, according to footage obtained by CNN.
—Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 20 Jan. 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
The deployment of excavators, bulldozers and dump trucks at the bank site has given East Hartford residents a visual sign of change at Founders Plaza, a collection of office buildings that were modern a generation ago but in decline for the past 10 years or more.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 5 Feb. 2026
The blood trail ascended a 20-foot pile of snow and ice, pushed there by a bulldozer that cleared a road in the village.
—Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 4 Feb. 2026
Police forces, alongside enforcement officers from the Israel Land Authority, arrived at the compound with bulldozers and engineering equipment and began demolishing the site, according to footage obtained by CNN.
—Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 20 Jan. 2026
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“Bulldozer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bulldozer. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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bulldozer
noun
bull·doz·er
ˈbu̇l-ˌdō-zər
: a piece of earth-moving equipment that rides on tracks and has a broad blade for pushing (as in clearing land of trees)
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