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Word entry · 9 letters

bulldozer

Best crossword clue

"Earthmoving machine"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ˈbʊlˌdoʊzɚ/Part of speech nounSorted bdelloruzStarts with BEnds with R1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

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

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • More than 100 provincial and municipal firefighters were brought in, with helicopters and aircraft used to drop water and fire retardant, while bulldozers were digging firebreaks.
  • They bulldozered through the crowd.

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