battering ram

Definitions

1. A heavy object used for battering down walls and gates or a siege engine that includes such an object.
   historical
2. A modern device, usually in the form of a metal bar with handles, chiefly used by police and firefighters to force open locked doors.
3. Something which acts as a powerful tool against something.
   figuratively

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“That was expected, I suppose⟳, because during the Trump era, the GOP was a battering ram against truth and reality.”

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