bulldoze vs persuade

bulldoze

verb
  • To shoot down an idea immediately and forcefully. 

  • To destroy with a bulldozer. 

  • To push into a heap, as a bulldozer does. 

  • To push through forcefully. 

  • To push someone over by heading straight over them. Often used in conjunction with "over". 

persuade

verb
  • To successfully convince (someone) to agree to, accept, or do something, usually through reasoning and verbal influence. 

How often have the words bulldoze and persuade occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )