BULLDOZE
\bˈʊldə͡ʊz], \bˈʊldəʊz], \b_ˈʊ_l_d_əʊ_z]\
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To intimidate; to restrain or coerce by intimidation or violence; - used originally of the intimidation of negro voters, in Louisiana.
By Noah Webster.
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To bully; to intimidate.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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1, To administer a dozen strokes of a bull whip or cowhide to, a mode of summary punishment in some parts of the United States, where the action of the law was considered too slack or dilatory; 2, to intimidate at elections, as negroes by the whites, to influence their votes: hence, to exercise political influence on in any way.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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