battering ram
nounEtymology
The heads of some battering rams were carved in the shape of a ram, an animal renowned for butting with its head.
Definitions
A heavy object used for battering down walls and gates or a siege engine that includes…
A heavy object used for battering down walls and gates or a siege engine that includes such an object.
A modern device, usually in the form of a metal bar with handles, chiefly used by police…
A modern device, usually in the form of a metal bar with handles, chiefly used by police and firefighters to force open locked doors.
Something which acts as a powerful tool against something.
- 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.
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