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Definition: Battering Ram |
Battering RamNoun1. A ram used to break down doors of fortified buildings. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Arms | Bow, crossbow, balister, catapult, sling; battering ram; (impulse); gunnery; ballistics; (propulsion). |
Impulse | Hammer, sledge hammer, mall, maul, mallet, flail; ram, rammer; battering ram, monkey, pile-driving engine, punch, bat; cant hook; cudgel; (weapon); ax; (sharp). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Battering rams are still used in various roles in modern times, sometimes mounted on vehicles. SWAT teams often use small two-man battering rams for opening locked doors.
Legendary battering ram usage:
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Battering ram."
Crosswords: Battering Ram |
| English words defined with "battering ram": give way ♦ yield. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
battering ram | 26 |
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| Language | Translations for "battering ram"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | makinë për të prishur muret e kalasë, dash (ram). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | نطح بقوة, وعل معدني. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | стенобойна машина (ram), таран (ram). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | bélier. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κριόσ (ram). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | איל ברזל. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | faltörő kos (battering-ram). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | ariete (Aries, ram). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | rea caggee, greie bwoailtagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | atteringbay amray aríete (ram, rammer). (various references) berbec (beetle, buck, pile driver, ram, rammer, sheep, wether). (various references) стенобитное орудие (battering-ram), таран (battering-ram, ram). (various references) ovan (aries, ram, tup). (various references) ariete (ram, striker). (various references) murbräcka (battering-ram). (various references) koç başlı kütük, şahmerdan (beetle, pile driver, ram, tup). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Aries. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-e-g-i-m-n-r-r-t-t" | |
-1 letter: arbitrament. | |
-3 letters: arbitrage, arbitrate, bargainer, bartering, battering, embarring, margarine, margarite, marginate, mattering, termagant. | |
-4 letters: aberrant, abetting, aerating, agminate, amaretti, amberina, animater, attainer, bargeman, berating, birretta, brattier, breaming, bregmata, emigrant, enigmata, gnattier, margarin, marinate, marriage, martinet, rearming, reattain, rebating, remating, retirant, tabering, treating, trimaran. | |
-5 letters: abating, agitate, ambient, amentia, amirate, anergia, angrier, animate, antbear, arbiter. | |
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