bulldoze

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In responding to concerns about future revenues, an official at the City of Chicago stated that the GLBT community was "a fabulous untapped resource; unlike parking meters and lakefront parkland, we have yet to bulldoze or sell them to a foreign company in the wee hours of the night."

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  1. transitive verb To clear, dig up, or move with a bulldozer.
  2. transitive verb To treat in an abusive manner; bully.
  3. transitive verb To coerce in an unsympathetic or cruel way. See Synonyms at intimidate.
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  • PG used to have a plan to revitalize the downtown, but the present administration announced they would rather "bulldoze" the downtown and put their efforts instead into the freeway access area.
  • For many years, 66-year-old Goto, labeled the 'John Gotti of Japan', was a feared and violent criminal who earned a fortune through protection rackets, white-collar crime, drugs and prostitution, and would bulldoze any business that resisted him. —  The First Post: Latest
  • Hanoi city leaders sparked protests from citizens, historians and architects late last year when they said they would bulldoze the traditional market and build a 17-storey commercial and shopping centre on the site. —  National Nine News
  • The news comes as a blow to businesses affected by the plans to bulldoze the east end of the city to make way for the massive redevelopment, who claim they have been left in limbo by the delays.
  • 'We the people' should just make up our minds to find jobs for the still useful members of SCO's staff, bulldoze their building down, and strike their name from existance much like unwanted Pharaohs of Egypt were in times past. —  Latest News from Open Source Magazine
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  1. Perhaps from alteration of obsolete bulldose, severe beating : bull1 + dose.

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  1. Also written bulldose; explained as orig. to give one a dose of the bull-whack or bull-whip; but the second element, if of this origin, would hardly become -doze.
 

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