how to pronounce bulldoze

/ˈbʊlˌdoʊz/

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bulldoze is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of bulldoze in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… um lava but it will bulldoze everything …”

meanings of bulldoze

verb:

To destroy with a bulldozer.
To intimidate; to restrain or coerce by intimidation or violence; used originally of the intimidation of black voters in Louisiana.
To push into a heap, as a bulldozer does.
To push someone over by heading straight over them. Often used in conjunction with "over".
To shoot down an idea immediately and forcefully.
To push through forcefully.

bulldoze frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word bulldoze occurs in english on average 0.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics bulldoze can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that bulldoze can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;