battering ram

noun

1

: a military siege engine consisting of a large wooden beam with a head of iron used in ancient times to beat down the walls of a besieged place

2

: a heavy metal bar with handles used (as by firefighters) to batter down doors and walls

Examples of battering ram in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Next, a 10,000-pound concrete-and-steel battering ram was used to punch 24-foot holes through the ice, beginning at the far end of the whales' four-mile path to freedom, so as not to alarm them. —Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025

Promise Keepers collapsed and has been rebooted as a partisan battering ram. —John Blake, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025

Walker was a battering ram, finishing with 199 yards on 26 carries and a pair of touchdowns. —Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 14 Sep. 2025

The arrest came nearly eight years after the FBI raided Sovereign and related properties with armed agents and a battering ram. —Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 22 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1593, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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Kids Definition

battering ram

noun

1

: an ancient military machine consisting of a large iron-tipped wooden beam used to beat down walls

2

: a heavy metal bar with handles used (as by firefighters) to batter down doors and walls