bulldozers

Noun

bulldozer (plural bulldozers)

1. A tractor with caterpillar tracks and an attached blade for pushing earth and building debris for coarse preliminary surface grading, demolishing building structures, etc.
   • The bulldozer is a caterpillar tractor on the front of which is mounted a heavy steel blade which can be moved up and down by hydraulic gear. By sheer brute force it can push down trees and hedges, remove obstructions (including light brickwork) and level and consolidate newly-tipped banks.1943 September and October, “Railway Construction and Operation at War Department Depots”, in Railway Magazine, page 262

   Synonyms:

   dozer

2. One who bulldozes.
3. (historical, in plural) A member of a self-identified group of white US Southerners who colluded to influence outcomes of post-Reconstruction elections by intimidating, coercing and bullying black voters and legislators, including burning down houses and churches, flogging and murdering opponents.

   Synonyms:

   regulator

4. (broadly) A bully; an overbearing individual.

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