BATTERING RAM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A ram used to break down doors of fortified buildings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("battering ram" is a kind of...):

engine (an instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc.)

ram (a tool for driving or forcing something by impact)

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