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Meaning of battering ram | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

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

العربية كبش
Беларуская таран
Bosanski сокол
Català ariet moltó
Čeština beranidlo
Cymraeg hwrdd rhyfel hwrddbeiriant
Dansk rambuk
Deutsch Rammbock Ramme Sturmbock
Ελληνικά κριός πολιορκητικός κριός
Esperanto ramo
Español ariete
فارسی راک
Suomi muurinmurtaja muurinsärkijä
Français bélier
हिन्दी दुर्मुट
Hrvatski сокол
Հայերեն խոյ
Íslenska múrbrjótur
Italiano ariete puntone rompimuro
日本語 破城槌
한국어 파성퇴
Latina aries corax grus
Македонски овен
Nederlands stormram
Polski taran
Português aríete
Română berbec
Русский сокол таран
Српски сокол
Svenska murbräcka
Türkçe şahmerdan

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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

battering train Batterman Batters Battersbee Battersby Battersby Junction

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