ram
18
5.4
- noun
- /ræm/
:
ariete
- The soldiers used a battering ram to break down the fortress gate.
- a battering ram
Abasid armies were particularly skilled in siege warfare and made expert use of catapults, manganelles and battering Rams.
- Abasid armies were particularly skilled in siege warfare and made expert use of catapults, manganelles and battering Rams.
Examples
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The force of the battering ram throws men to the ground.
Fiction book (2002) -
Now, in regular motion, the battering ram breaks open the front door.
Fiction book (1995) -
It's a battering ram into a much bigger subject.
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Let's get a battering ram in here now.
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We're going to need a battering ram.
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Two of the troops carry a battering ram to the front door of a white two-storey house.
Fiction book (1995) -
Mordred will make a direct assault on the gates with battering rams and superior forces.
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Ready the battering rams!
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The battering rams rip through the doors and the army of darkness pours into the courtyard.
Fiction book (1992) -
In the movie, the heroes stormed the castle with a massive battering ram.
Synonyms
5
6.0
A heavy tool used to break open doors, or a person who gets past problems with force
1
8.6
A heavy tool for hitting posts into the ground
Antonyms
Compounds
5
6.0
A heavy tool used to break open doors, or a person who gets past problems with force
- Specialized
A device that uses flowing water to lift water to a higher place without electricity
- Specialized
A fast virtual drive using computer memory that can lose data when power stops
How Powerful
- Specialized
1
6.8
5
6.0
18
5.4
35
3.9
188
1.0
10
4.2
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ram for a heavy tool comes from the animal ram and the old war machine called the battering ram, because rams 'butt' with their heads and the machine 'butts' walls; so a tool that drives or hits things by impact is called a ram.