bulldozing
Demolishing with machinery
Bulldozing is using a bulldozer—a powerful tractor with a broad blade—to push earth, debris, or structures.
The word extends to any forceful clearing or flattening: They bulldozed the old neighborhood for a shopping center.
Figuratively, to bulldoze is to push through opposition by sheer force or intimidation: She bulldozed the proposal through committee.
Overpowering through sheer force
- strong-armingPressuring through threats
- browbeatingIntimidating with stern pressure
- railroadingForcing acceptance unfairly
- pressuringExerting influence to compel
forcing · overriding · ramming · domineering · intimidating · overpowering · trampling · muscling
Broken building fragments
- wreckingDestroying completely
- destructionAct of completely ruining
- razingComplete structural demolition
- teardownDeliberate structure removal
debris · flatten · leveling · clearing · wreckage · implosion · topple · collapse
Act of unearthing
- gradingAssigning marks to work
- earthmovingRelocating soil mechanically
- trenchingExcavating long narrow cuts
- foundationUnderlying support structure
backfill · compaction · subgrade · embankment · excavator · backhoe · grader · loader
Continuing without pause
- unstoppableImpossible to halt
- determinedFirmly committed to purpose
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- forcefulExerting strong pressure
inexorable · unwavering · tenacious · dogged · single-minded · momentum · barreling · charging
Large-scale woodland elimination
- clearcuttingHarvesting every standing tree
- firebreakCleared barrier against flames
- undergrowthLow forest vegetation
- windrowRow of cut crop
steamrolling
Overpowering through sheer force
- strong-armingPressuring through threats
- browbeatingIntimidating with stern pressure
- railroadingForcing acceptance unfairly
pressuring · forcing · overriding · ramming · domineering · intimidating · overpowering · trampling · muscling · bludgeoning
rubble
Broken building fragments
- wreckingDestroying completely
- destructionAct of completely ruining
- razingComplete structural demolition
teardown · debris · flatten · leveling · clearing · wreckage · implosion · topple · collapse · obliterate
excavation
Act of unearthing
- gradingAssigning marks to work
- earthmovingRelocating soil mechanically
- trenchingExcavating long narrow cuts
foundation · backfill · compaction · subgrade · embankment · excavator · backhoe · grader · loader · caterpillar
relentless
Continuing without pause
- unstoppableImpossible to halt
- determinedFirmly committed to purpose
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
forceful · inexorable · unwavering · tenacious · dogged · single-minded · momentum · barreling · charging
deforestation
Large-scale woodland elimination
- clearcuttingHarvesting every standing tree
- firebreakCleared barrier against flames
- undergrowthLow forest vegetation
- levelingflattening, evening out, smoothing, planing, balancing
- demolitiondemolish, raze, controlled demolition, wreck, wrecking ball
- deforestationclear cutting, clearcutting, clear-cutting, illegal logging, selective logging
- destructiondestruction, destroying, demolishing, devastation, ruination
- exertioneffort, straining, strain, heaving, labor
- flattening actionsleveling, smoothing, ironing, pressing, crushing
bulldozingconstructing
Actively assembling or building
building · erecting · assembling · creating · developing
bulldozingpreserving
Protecting from deterioration
conserving · protecting · saving · restoring · maintaining
bulldozingnegotiating
Discussing to reach agreement
persuading · finessing · coaxing · tiptoeing · collaborating
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