bulldozers
Heavy construction vehicles
Bulldozers are heavy machines with a broad metal blade at the front, used to push earth, debris, or other material.
They clear land, grade surfaces, and demolish structures.
Figuratively, a bulldozer is someone who pushes through obstacles or opposition with force and little regard for others: He bulldozed his way through the meeting.
Machines for digging earth
- heavy equipmentIndustrial construction machinery
- earthmoversHeavy soil-displacing equipment
- caterpillarMoth or butterfly young
- tracksMarks showing passage
blade · hydraulics · cab · diesel · backhoes · graders · loaders · ripper
Assigning marks to work
- excavationAct of unearthing
- landfillWaste burial ground
- cut and fillEarthwork balancing technique
- terracingCutting slopes into steps
embankment · topsoil · dirt · mounds · trenching · leveling · compaction · slope
Large-scale woodland elimination
- habitat destructionEliminating natural living spaces
- land clearingRemoving growth from terrain
- loggingRecording system events
- rainforestWet tropical woodland ecosystem
conservation · ecosystem · slash and burn · development · encroachment · endangered species · palm oil · Amazon
Destroying completely
- razingComplete structural demolition
- clearingTreeless space in forest
- rubbleBroken building fragments
- destructionAct of completely ruining
tear down · knockdown · debris · flattening · condemned · buildings · structures · urban renewal
Exerting strong pressure
- aggressiveHostile and confrontational
- steamrollOverpower by sheer force
- overpowerDefeat by superior force
- dominateControl through superior strength
relentless · unstoppable · pushy · intimidation · bully · coerce · rampage · trample
excavators
Machines for digging earth
- heavy equipmentIndustrial construction machinery
- earthmoversHeavy soil-displacing equipment
- caterpillarMoth or butterfly young
tracks · blade · hydraulics · cab · diesel · backhoes · graders · loaders · ripper · crawler
grading
Assigning marks to work
- excavationAct of unearthing
- landfillWaste burial ground
- cut and fillEarthwork balancing technique
terracing · embankment · topsoil · dirt · mounds · trenching · leveling · compaction · slope · roadbed
deforestation
Large-scale woodland elimination
- habitat destructionEliminating natural living spaces
- land clearingRemoving growth from terrain
- loggingRecording system events
rainforest · conservation · ecosystem · slash and burn · development · encroachment · endangered species · palm oil · Amazon · Borneo
wrecking
Destroying completely
destruction · tear down · knockdown · debris · flattening · condemned · buildings · structures · urban renewal · slum clearance
forceful
Exerting strong pressure
- aggressiveHostile and confrontational
- steamrollOverpower by sheer force
- overpowerDefeat by superior force
dominate · relentless · unstoppable · pushy · intimidation · bully · coerce · rampage · trample · plow through
- constructionconstruction site, building site, hammer, building, beam
- tracklaying vehiclestanks, snowcats, crawlers, pipelayers, snow groomers
- equipmentconstruction equipment, medical equipment, industrial equipment, office equipment, farm equipment
- loud noisesnoise, bang, crash, roar, boom
- construction sitehard hat, hard hats, foreman, cones, cranes
- capital equipmentmachinery, heavy equipment, factories, generators, turbines
bulldozerstweezers
Pincerlike gripping instrument
spades · trowels · hand tools · rakes · paintbrushes
bulldozerstree planters
Those who set saplings
nature preserves · erosion control · seeders · habitat restoration · preservationists