"ramming" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: rammings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} ramming (plural rammings)
  1. A collision where something is rammed.
    Sense id: en-ramming-en-noun-Lg0FQ0r6

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} ramming
  1. present participle and gerund of ram Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: ram Derived forms: ramming speed
    Sense id: en-ramming-en-verb-JDKI60Gc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 91

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for ramming meaning in English (1.6kB)

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