"battering ram" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: battering rams [plural]
Etymology: The heads of some battering rams were carved in the shape of a ram, an animal renowned for butting with its head. Head templates: {{en-noun}} battering ram (plural battering rams)
  1. (historical) A heavy object used for battering down walls and gates. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-battering_ram-en-noun-xkNDlehC
  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. Categories (topical): Weapons Synonyms: enforcer
    Sense id: en-battering_ram-en-noun-wIqRaZ7W Disambiguation of Weapons: 20 65 15 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 82 11 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 85 8 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 5 87 8
  3. (figuratively) Something which acts as a powerful tool against something. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-battering_ram-en-noun-pAonjvQz
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls): κριός (kriós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), խոյ (xoy) (Armenian), тара́н (tarán) [masculine] (Belarusian), ariet [masculine] (Catalan), moltó [masculine] (Catalan), 破城槌 (pòchéngchuí) (Chinese Mandarin), 攻城槌 (gōngchéngchuí) (Chinese Mandarin), beranidlo [neuter] (Czech), rambuk [common-gender] (Danish), stormram [masculine] (Dutch), ramo (Esperanto), muurinmurtaja (Finnish), muurinsärkijä (Finnish), bélier [masculine] (French), ariete [masculine] (Galician), Rammbock [masculine] (German), Sturmbock [masculine] (German), πολιορκητικός κριός (poliorkitikós kriós) [masculine] (Greek), איל ניגוח (Hebrew), faltörő kos (Hungarian), múrbrjótur [masculine] (Icelandic), arieto (Ido), reithe cogaidh [masculine] (Irish), ariete (Italian), puntone [masculine] (Italian), rompimuro [masculine] (Italian), 破城槌 (hajōtsui) (Japanese), 파성퇴 (paseongtoe) (Korean), ariēs [masculine] (Latin), опсаден овен (english: opsaden oven) [masculine] (Macedonian), овен (oven) [masculine] (Macedonian), mouton [masculine] (Norman), rambukk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), rambukk [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), aret [masculine] (Occitan), راک (râk) (Persian), چکش تیرکوب (Persian), دژکوب (Persian), taran [masculine] (Polish), aríete [masculine] (Portuguese), berbec [masculine] (Romanian), тара́н (tarán) [masculine] (Russian), соко́л (sokól) [masculine] (Russian), со́кол (sókol) [masculine] (Russian), ariete [masculine] (Spanish), murbräcka (Swedish), koçbaşı şahmerdan (Turkish), тара́н (tarán) [masculine] (Ukrainian), hwrdd rhyfel [masculine] (Welsh), hwrddbeiriant [masculine] (Welsh)
Disambiguation of 'type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls': 46 47 7

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      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "xoy",
      "sense": "type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls",
      "word": "խոյ"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "tarán",
      "sense": "type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "тара́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ariet"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "moltó"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "pòchéngchuí",
      "sense": "type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls",
      "word": "破城槌"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gōngchéngchuí",
      "sense": "type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls",
      "word": "攻城槌"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "beranidlo"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "rambuk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stormram"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls",
      "word": "ramo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls",
      "word": "muurinmurtaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls",
      "word": "muurinsärkijä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bélier"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ariete"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Rammbock"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sturmbock"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "poliorkitikós kriós",
      "sense": "type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "πολιορκητικός κριός"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "kriós",
      "sense": "type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "κριός"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls",
      "word": "איל ניגוח"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls",
      "word": "faltörő kos"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "múrbrjótur"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls",
      "word": "arieto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "reithe cogaidh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls",
      "word": "ariete"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "puntone"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rompimuro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hajōtsui",
      "sense": "type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls",
      "word": "破城槌"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "paseongtoe",
      "sense": "type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls",
      "word": "파성퇴"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ariēs"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "english": "opsaden oven",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "sense": "type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "опсаден овен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "oven",
      "sense": "type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "овен"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mouton"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rambukk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rambukk"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aret"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "râk",
      "sense": "type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls",
      "word": "راک"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls",
      "word": "چکش تیرکوب"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls",
      "word": "دژکوب"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "taran"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aríete"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "berbec"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tarán",
      "sense": "type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "тара́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sokól",
      "sense": "type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "соко́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sókol",
      "sense": "type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "со́кол"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ariete"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls",
      "word": "murbräcka"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls",
      "word": "koçbaşı şahmerdan"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "tarán",
      "sense": "type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "тара́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hwrdd rhyfel"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hwrddbeiriant"
    }
  ],
  "word": "battering ram"
}

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