"wrecking ball" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wrecking balls [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} wrecking ball (plural wrecking balls)
  1. A heavy steel ball, usually hung from a crane, that is used for demolishing large buildings. Related terms: wrecking bar Translations (heavy steel ball used for demolition): كُرَة اَلتَّحْطِيم (alt: kura(t) at-taḥṭīm) (Arabic), bola de demolició [feminine] (Catalan), bola d'enderroc [masculine] (Catalan), 破壞球 (Chinese Mandarin), 破坏球 (pòhuàiqiú) (Chinese Mandarin), bourací koule [feminine] (Czech), sloopkogel [masculine] (Dutch), niðurrívingarkúla [feminine] (Faroese), murskauspallo (Finnish), purkupallo [feminine] (Finnish), boule de démolition [feminine] (French), boulet de démolition [masculine] (French), Abrissbirne [feminine] (German), Abbruchbirne [feminine] (German), niðurrifskúla [feminine] (Icelandic), 렉킹 볼 (rek'king bol) (Korean), kula stalowa [feminine] (Polish), bola de demolição [feminine] (Portuguese), шарово́й тара́н (šarovój tarán) [inanimate, masculine] (Russian), bola de demolición [feminine] (Spanish), rivningskula [common-gender] (Swedish), yıkım güllesi (Turkish), yıkım topu (Turkish), buzuvchi toʻp (Uzbek), quả văng (Vietnamese)

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          "sense": "heavy steel ball used for demolition",
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          "roman": "rek'king bol",
          "sense": "heavy steel ball used for demolition",
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          "word": "bola de demolição"
        },
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          "sense": "heavy steel ball used for demolition",
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          "sense": "heavy steel ball used for demolition",
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          "sense": "heavy steel ball used for demolition",
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      "sense": "heavy steel ball used for demolition",
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      "sense": "heavy steel ball used for demolition",
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      "sense": "heavy steel ball used for demolition",
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