Synonyms of ramming

ramming

verb

present participle of ram

1

as in bumping

to come into usually forceful contact with something

the truck suddenly swerved and rammed into the side of a building

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bumping
• slamming
• colliding
• banging
• smashing
• crashing
• knocking
• hitting
• impinging
• impacting
• bashing
• thudding
• swiping
• striking
• glancing
• bouncing
• scraping
• pushing
• skipping
• brushing
• contacting
• landing
• kissing
• sweeping
• touching
• rebounding
• ricocheting
• skimming
• shaving
• grazing
• nudging
• caroming
• clunking
• jostling
• pressing
• bulldozing
• muscling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• missing
• skirting

2

as in cramming

to fit (people or things) into a tight space

rammed as many candies into his mouth as he could fit

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cramming
• squeezing
• loading
• wedging
• jamming
• sandwiching
• packing
• crowding
• crushing
• shoehorning
• stuffing
• filling
• heaping
• jam-packing

3

as in speeding

to proceed or move quickly

I threw myself out of the way as a car rammed through the crosswalk

Synonyms & Similar Words

• speeding
• driving
• racing
• rushing
• flying
• hurrying
• traveling
• zipping
• scurrying
• trotting
• jumping
• chasing
• running
• blasting
• blowing
• scooting
• darting
• tearing
• buzzing
• stepping
• ripping
• scuttling
• dashing
• bolting
• barreling
• shooting
• hurling
• zooming
• pelting
• humping
• whirling
• blazing
• bowling
• hurtling
• rocketing
• careering
• careening
• hustling
• jogging
• belting
• bundling
• breezing
• motoring
• hastening
• coursing
• nipping
• haring
• galloping
• whisking
• rustling
• cracking (on)
• cannonballing
• bombing
• jetting
• bustling
• highballing
• hying
• beating it
• making tracks
• getting a move on
• stepping on it
• accelerating
• sprinting
• stampeding
• hotfooting (it)
• flitting
• scudding
• shaking a leg
• whizzing
• scampering
• scuffling
• streaking
• outrunning
• overtaking
• beetling
• outpacing
• quickening
• stepping out
• outstripping
• arrowing
• catching up
• beelining
• fast-forwarding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• poking
• creeping
• crawling
• dragging
• poking
• lingering
• hanging (around or out)
• lagging
• loitering
• dawdling
• strolling
• shuffling
• lumbering
• sauntering
• dallying
• ambling
• plodding
• decelerating
• tarrying
• slowing (down or up)
• dillydallying

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ramming

The son of Israel’s ambassador to the United States was critically injured Tuesday in a car-ramming attack in the West Bank, according to officials. — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 23 Sep. 2026

The ramming attack occurred just days after a shooting in the West Bank on the eve of the Jewish high holiday of Yom Kippur. — Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2026

Body camera and surveillance footage released this year showed two vehicles following the agents, not 10, and did not show Martinez’s vehicle ramming theirs. — María Luisa Paúl, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026

Top generals had pressed for his prosecution, while many in the Israeli public supported Azaria at a time when there had been a series of stabbings and car-ramming attacks by Palestinians or Israeli Arabs. — Cara Anna, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026

Bystander video of the July 2024 incident shows Showalter dropping from a standing position and ramming his knee into the neck of a restrained man, William Hardy, of Kansas City, who was lying on the ground. — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2026

And Trooper Bernard Major reaching speeds up to 94 miles an hour before ramming the suspect’s truck from behind. — Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2026

In March, a man attacked Temple Israel synagogue in a Detroit suburb, ramming his car into the building and opening fire on a security guard before dying by suicide. — ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026

Momota has been seen running around with a cone over his head and ramming it into his mother, according to the AP. — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 17 Aug. 2026