bulldoze
Raze with machinery
To bulldoze is to clear or level ground with a bulldozer—a powerful tractor with a broad blade at the front.
The figurative sense dominates casual use: to bulldoze is to force through by sheer power, disregarding opposition or obstacles: They bulldozed the proposal through committee.
To bulldoze someone is to intimidate or coerce them into compliance.
Habitual intimidator
- intimidateInstill fear to control
- browbeatIntimidate through pressure
- strong-armCoerce through intimidation
- steamrollOverpower by sheer force
pressure · coerce · railroad · force · push through · override · dominate · trample
Force something away
charge · drive · force · power through · clear a path · shoulder · thrust
Destroy completely
- teardownDeliberate structure removal
- wreckageDestroyed remains of something
- rubbleBroken building fragments
- debrisScattered broken fragments
wrecking · dismantle · clearance · flatten · level · destroy · crush · topple
Assigning marks to work
- levelingMaking flat or equal
- excavationAct of unearthing
- earthworkConstructed soil structure
- land clearingRemoving growth from terrain
caterpillar · blade · crawler · excavator · backhoe · grader · loader · compactor
bully
Habitual intimidator
- intimidateInstill fear to control
- browbeatIntimidate through pressure
- strong-armCoerce through intimidation
steamroll · pressure · coerce · railroad · force · push through · override · dominate · trample · overpower
push
Force something away
barrel · charge · drive · force · power through · clear a path · shoulder · thrust
raze
Destroy completely
- teardownDeliberate structure removal
- wreckageDestroyed remains of something
- rubbleBroken building fragments
debris · wrecking · dismantle · clearance · flatten · level · destroy · crush · topple · crumble
grading
Assigning marks to work
- levelingMaking flat or equal
- excavationAct of unearthing
- earthworkConstructed soil structure
land clearing · caterpillar · blade · crawler · excavator · backhoe · grader · loader · compactor · trencher
- demolitiondemolish, raze, controlled demolition, wreck, wrecking ball
- destruction verbsdestroy, demolish, wreck, ruin, smash
- excavationdig, excavation, excavating, excavator, digging
- bring downbring down, take down, pull down, tear down, knock down
- flattenlevel, smooth, press, iron, roll
- constructionconstruction site, building site, hammer, building, beam