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battering ram
noun
- an ancient military device with a heavy horizontal ram for battering down walls, gates, etc.
- any of various similar devices, usually machine-powered, used in demolition, by police and firefighters to force entrance to a building, etc.
battering ram
noun
- (esp formerly) a large beam used to break down the walls or doors of fortifications
Word History and Origins
Origin of battering ram1
Example Sentences
One with a pistol strapped to his hip swings a battering ram into a door.
Tonight, he was a battering ram whenever anyone tried to interrupt him.
His dream quickly turned prophetic, as Coach Beiste finally agreed to allow him to join the team as a human battering ram.
But, also, such pulse-pounding adventure is a battering ram against the central bulwark of a civilized society.
The door had locked itself behind me; they got a fence post for a battering ram, and the post burst into flame.
The tortoise of the battering ram was constructed in the same way.
Virtus ariete fortior—Virtue is stronger than a 35 battering-ram.
It had stout wheel-spokes and heavy felloes, a great curved bed, immense straps and springs, and a pole like a battering-ram.
The first one caught Zimballo full in the chest and knocked him back against the wall with the shock of a battering ram.
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