bulldozing 1 of 2

noun

Definition of bulldozingnext
as in bullying

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bulldozing

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verb

present participle of bulldoze
1
as in pushing
to force one's way bulldozed through the crowd at the arena, urgently trying to find the bathroom

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2
as in intimidating
to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats one of those gatherings at which high-pressure sales reps try to bulldoze naive people into buying time-shares

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bulldozing
  1. bullying
  2. pushing
  3. intimidating
  4. pressure
  5. coercion
  6. threat
  7. menace
  8. violence
Noun
  • The goal of the law is to protect underage users from the social pressures of social media, inappropriate content, bullying and harassment from peers, and interactions with adult users.
    Ken Sterling, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Allegations of abuse, bullying and predatory behavior were uncovered, the widespread feeling being that there is still plenty of work to do to make people feel safe and valued in the industry.
    Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of bullying
Verb
  • This is not a new development in New Orleans where the Saints have been pushing their costs into the future for years now.
    Josh Kendall, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • With the MacBook Air launching earlier than the iPhone SE and ahead of the next Apple Intelligence update, this points to a press release launch and Apple pushing its consumer laptops further into the background.
    Ewan Spence, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of pushing
Verb
  • This new era of AI can feel intimidating for the limited, human life forms that created it.
    Marc Zao-Sanders, Harvard Business Review, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Only six years older than Crystal, the comedian still found Scorsese intimidating.
    Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of intimidating
Noun
  • There’s insurmountable pressure to look and dress a certain way.
    Shradha Shahani, Vogue, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Love can improve his decision making, but a better offensive scheme can also relieve some of that pressure to perform perfectly at all times.
    Matt Schneidman, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
Definition of pressure
Noun
  • Washington retains the capacity to employ economic coercion, diplomatic isolation, and even military force to quash serious efforts by developing countries to challenge U.S. preferences.
    Matias Spektor, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Terrorism is considered an act that is intended to: intimidate or coerce a civilian population; influence the policy of a unit of government by intimidation or coercion; or affect the conduct of a unit of government by murder, assassination, or kidnapping.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of coercion
Noun
  • These traits have enabled them to avoid many of the threats faced by larger, more conspicuous sharks, such as overfishing and habitat destruction.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Ripple effects through the economy The likely closing of more colleges is by itself a threat to the economy.
    Jon Marcus, NPR, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of threat
Noun
  • Lead, a powerful neurotoxin, remains a public health menace today.
    Evan Bush, NBC News, 7 Jan. 2025
  • And Tamin Lipsey is a menace in passing lanes, averaging 2.4 steals behind aggressive defense.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of menace
Noun
  • The sharp increase in violence against transit and frontline workers forces people to decide between advocating for fare payment or ensuring personal safety for the matter of $2.90.
    Deborah Wathen Finn, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Since the Hamas terror attacks of October 7, Canadian cities have been disgraced by anti-Semitic incidents of accelerating violence.
    David Frum, The Atlantic, 15 Jan. 2025
Definition of violence
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