battering ram
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battering ram
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The heads of some battering rams were carved in the shape of a ram, an animal renowned for butting with its head.
noun battering rams
- A heavy object used for battering down walls and gates or a siege engine that includes such an object.
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A modern device, usually in the form of a metal bar with handles, chiefly used by police and firefighters to force open locked doors.
Similar: enforcer
- Something which acts as a powerful tool against something. And in the edition of their party newspaper released last week, [the Tories] pledged to Manitobans that they would continue their battering ram approach this time around.
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noun type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls
| Español | ariete |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 파성퇴 paseongtoe |
| 日本語 | 破城槌 hajōtsui |
| 中文 | 破城槌 pòchéngchuí, 攻城槌 gōngchéngchuí |
| Português | aríete |
| Français | bélier |
| Deutsch | Rammbock, Sturmbock |
| Italiano | ariete, puntone, rompimuro |
| Ελληνικά | πολιορκητικός κριός poliorkitikós kriós |
| Română | berbec |
| Русский | тара́н tarán, соко́л sokól, со́кол sókol |
| עברית | איל ניגוח |
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title = {battering ram},
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