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  • noun Plural form of bulldozer.

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Examples

  • It's not a question of one June will come and all the bulldozers will be the levees.

    CNN Transcript Apr 23, 2006 2006

  • Perhaps it was not ideological conviction that gave him backbone, but fear that stopping the bulldozers could be the clot that gives the entire economy a heart attack.

    The Guardian World News Nicholas Blincoe 2011

  • Comment: The thought of bringing in the bulldozers was a horror too far

    Evening Standard - Home 2011

  • The movie's stunning special effects put viewers right in the fanciful rainforest with the tall, blue Na'vi people as they go about their business unaware of their coming fate, and later, as they lay their bodies on the line as the space-age "bulldozers" crash through their forest home.

    Lori Pottinger: Avatar: Should Brazil Ban the Film? 2010

  • RCC is basically a dry concrete mix placed and compacted with equipment traditionally used for earthworks, such as bulldozers and vibratory rollers.

    Statement by Cornelia September on the Wolwedans Dam 2007

  • One area to watch will be nondefense capital goods, excluding aircraft -- a gauge of buying trends for capital equipment, such as bulldozers and computers.

    Has Potash Flown Too High on Corn Boom? 2007

  • Equipment such as bulldozers, cylinders, levelers, trucks, and loaders was assigned to the contingent.

    Fidel Castro's Jose Marti Contingent Speech 1991

  • Sometimes people who manufactured equipment or some who had supplied us with equipment, such as bulldozers, came to visit us and when someone praised the bulldozer or someone praised the brand of bulldozer, they would say: Well, the bulldozers are of good quality but your operators are much better.

    Castro Marks Blas Roca Contingent Anniversary 1990

  • If mechanical means such as bulldozers, scrapers and trucks are available that may be preferable both in terms of economy and efficiency.

    3. Technical and Production Information 1985

  • Use of motorized machinery such as bulldozers would require a higher level approval by the regional forester, the firefighters said.

    Glenwood Springs Post Independent - Top Stories Scott Condon Aspen Correspondent Glenwood Springs 2010

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