They know that they can bulldoze their way out of the situation.
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Bulldoze
//ˈbʊldoʊz//
Synonyms for "bulldoze" (159 found)
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7 translations across 3 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- جَرَّفَ verb (to destroy with a bulldozer)
Esperanto
1 entries- buldozi verb (to destroy with a bulldozer)
Finnish
4 entries- jyrätä verb (to push someone over by heading straight over them)
- jyrätä verb (to shoot down an idea)
- puskea verb (to push, as a bulldozer)
- puskea läpi verb (to push through forcefully)
Sample sentences
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He's certainly very chirpy for a man whose house has just been bulldozed down.
Source: wiktionary
Chulalongkorn [University] set to bulldoze historic Chinese-Thai shrine, build condos
Source: wiktionary
He just ran across the field bulldozing everyone over.
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