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the patient bully of the construction site, turning whatever stands into whatever's flat.
means A heavy tracked vehicle fitted with a broad metal blade for pushing earth, rubble, and obstacles out of the way, used to clear and level ground.
from The word predates the machine. In late 19th-century America, to 'bulldoze' (sometimes 'bull-dose') meant to intimidate by force — the popular notion being a 'dose' of beating fit for a bull, i.e., a punishment so heavy it would cow even the largest animal. The intimidating, force-everything-out-of-the-way sense carried over when the earth-moving machine arrived in the early 20th century, and 'bulldozer' attached itself to the blade-pushing tractor that shoved obstacles aside as bluntly as any bully.
- name origin
- From dozing oxen with a beating to force movement
- blade smarts
- That front blade dates only to the 1920s
- low and slow
- Wide tracks spread weight to avoid sinking
- war machine
- Armored dozers cleared battlefields and enemy bunkers
- oddly delicate
- Skilled operators can scoop an egg unbroken
caterpillar d9 — most widely used military bulldozer, deployed by israel since 1970s in middle east operations
komatsu d575a — world's largest production bulldozer, weighs 140 tons, used in mining in australia and canada