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Definition: BULLDOZING

Part of Speech Definition
Verb 1. To frighten, scare, terrify, terrorize or horrify. [Eve - graph theoretic]
2. To alarm or dismay. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. To fear, panic or funk. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. To appall. [Eve - graph theoretic]
5. To intimidate, overawe or daunt. [Eve - graph theoretic]
6. To startle.[Eve - graph theoretic]
7. Present participle conjugation of the verb bulldoze.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(bulldoze)
1. Flatten with or as if with a bulldozer.[Wordnet].
2. To intimidate; to restrain or coerce by intimidation or violence; -- used originally of the intimidation of negro voters, in Louisiana.[Websters].
3. Base verb from the following inflections: bulldozing, bulldozed, bulldozes, bulldozer, bulldozers, bulldozingly and bulldozedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008.

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"Bulldozing" is a common misspelling or typo for: bulldozings.

Date "Bulldozing" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1886. (references)

Definition: BULLDOZING

Part of SpeechDefinition
Verb1. To frighten, scare, terrify, terrorize or horrify. [Eve - graph theoretic]
2. To alarm or dismay. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. To fear, panic or funk. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. To appall. [Eve - graph theoretic]
5. To intimidate, overawe or daunt. [Eve - graph theoretic]
6. To startle.[Eve - graph theoretic]
7. Present participle conjugation of the verb bulldoze.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(bulldoze)
1. Flatten with or as if with a bulldozer.[Wordnet].
2. To intimidate; to restrain or coerce by intimidation or violence; -- used originally of the intimidation of negro voters, in Louisiana.[Websters].
3. Base verb from the following inflections: bulldozing, bulldozed, bulldozes, bulldozer, bulldozers, bulldozingly and bulldozedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008.

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"BULLDOZING" is a common misspelling or typo for: bulldozings.

Date "BULLDOZING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1886. (references)

Specialty Definition: bulldoze

DomainDefinition
MiningA. To level or excavate an earth surface by means of a heavy, adjustable steel blade attached to the front end of a tractor or a wheeled vehicle b. To reduce broken rock by the use of explosives to a size handy for raising to the surface. See also: adobe charge; mudcap; secondary blasting. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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