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bulldozer

bull·do·zer

UK/ˈbʊlˌdəʊzə/ US/ˈbʊlˌdoʊzɚ/ uncommon

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large powerful tractor; a large blade in front flattens areas of ground

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Originally bull-dozer (1875, Louisiana, US), in the bullier and terrorizer sense; bulldoze + -er. The name for the earthmoving machine came later, figuratively, from that sense.

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