bulldozer

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Kamran Imen, 53, of San Ramon, Calif., says that without reform, he feels powerless against a credit card industry he compares to a "gigantic bulldozer which is crushing everything in its way."

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  1. noun A heavy, driver-operated machine for clearing and grading land, usually having continuous treads and a broad hydraulic blade in front.
  2. noun An overbearing person; a bully.

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  • That ;s the same as the bulldozer, a hundred a week. —  The Shipping News
  • But the will of the bulldozer is essential to understanding the magnitude of the ruination that Bush has accomplished. —  msnbc.com: Community
  • TORONTO -- How many people do you know that would call a bulldozer a recreational vehicle?
  • The family then moves to Israel where the parents tell each other lines such as "tell her we killed the babies by mistake"; "tell her they are filth"; "tell her that we have a right to the water for our swimming pools but they do not for their fields"; "tell her the bulldozer is there to make room for a building, not to level their houses" and so on.
  • Mar 5 - Reuters 'cameras capture the immediate aftermath as a bulldozer was driven into a police car in Jerusalem. —  Reuters: Top News
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loaders ·  backhoe ·  excavator ·  crushers ·  tractor ·  earthmover ·  plows ·  forklift ·  dozer ·  scraper ·  forklifts ·  loader

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bulldozer:   bulldozers
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/ˈbəldoʊzər/
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