to ram
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4.1
- verb
- /ræm/
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embestir
- And that's when the Saipan rams the Fuji Maru.
- ram into a car
- ram someone's head
- ram a bus
All of that junk goes off and Rams into other things.
- All of that junk goes off and Rams into other things.
- It's a half a baseball bat and like ramming it into my back, like ramming my back.
- Everyone else was like ramming them, blowing them out of the wall, very loud, very reckless.
- The thing that's left is called a ramjet, called that way because it Rams into the air.
- It's a guy laying on a bed with his head backwards off of the bed and the man stood over him throat ramming him right.
- Are they, is it like, you know, doom, doom, doom ramming speed is is it, you know, is it galleon kind of battles?
Examples
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The gates are blasted off their hinges as the semi rams the pickup right through them.
Fiction book (1991) -
Jeff puts his shoulder to the door and rams it open.
Fiction book (1997) -
The white minivan rams them from behind.
Fiction book (1996) -
With all her might, Fanny rams his head into the stone battlement.
Fiction book (1991) -
The car lost control and rammed into the concrete barrier at high speed.
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As the storm intensified, the wind rammed debris against the windows with a loud crash.
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During the concert, the excited crowd rammed against the barriers in an attempt to get closer to the stage.
Synonyms
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2.2
To hit something with great force and cause damage
225
1.3
To hit something again and again very hard
38
3.7
Hit something or someone while moving, causing a sudden strong crash
7
1.8
To break something violently into pieces
To move quickly and hit something hard
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
1
8.9
Force someone to accept ideas or opinions without their choice
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 Forceful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ram as a verb meaning 'to strike' comes from the image of the animal ram and the battering ram that hits things with great force, so to ram something is to crash into it or hit it hard.