1
as in bumping
to come into usually forceful contact with something
the truck suddenly swerved and rammed into the side of a building
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2
as in cramming
to fit (people or things) into a tight space
rammed as many candies into his mouth as he could fit
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3
as in speeding
to proceed or move quickly
I threw myself out of the way as a car rammed through the crosswalk
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Recent Examples of ramming
Across the world, there has been an alarming rise in antisemitic attacks, including a deadly car ramming and stabbing outside a synagogue in Manchester just this past Thursday.
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Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2025
One of the drivers accused of ramming into the law enforcement vehicle was armed with a semi-automatic weapon, according to McLaughlin.
—Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2025
The admission came the day after two Jewish worshipers were killed and three others seriously injured in a car ramming and stabbing attack outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in the Manchester suburb of Crumpsall on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in Judaism.
—Peter Wilkinson, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Investigators have said that the 40-year-old Sanford, a Marine veteran who served in the Iraq War, allegedly went on a rampage on Sunday morning, ramming his pickup truck through the front door of the LDS chapel in Grand Blanc Township, Michigan.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2025
While McIlroy missed the eventual attempt, Lowry did not, ramming in a winner and turning to the crowd, pounding his chest and barking back.
—Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
For the last five-plus years, killer whales have been ramming – and in some cases sinking – expensive yachts, sailboats and fishing boats in the crystalline waters off the coasts of Spain, Portugal, France and Morocco.
—Ramon Padilla, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
Both sides accuse each other of provocations and trespassing in incidents featuring use of water cannon, boat-ramming and maneuvers by China’s Coast Guard that the Philippines regards as dangerously close, as well as jets shadowing Philippine aircraft there.
—Reuters, NBC news, 16 Sep. 2025
Beijing's forces have responded to Philippine challenges with blockades, ramming maneuvers, and water cannon, raising fears that a miscalculation could draw the United States into a conflict with its military rival.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2025
One of the drivers accused of ramming into the law enforcement vehicle was armed with a semi-automatic weapon, according to McLaughlin.
—Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2025
The admission came the day after two Jewish worshipers were killed and three others seriously injured in a car ramming and stabbing attack outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in the Manchester suburb of Crumpsall on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in Judaism.
—Peter Wilkinson, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Investigators have said that the 40-year-old Sanford, a Marine veteran who served in the Iraq War, allegedly went on a rampage on Sunday morning, ramming his pickup truck through the front door of the LDS chapel in Grand Blanc Township, Michigan.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2025
While McIlroy missed the eventual attempt, Lowry did not, ramming in a winner and turning to the crowd, pounding his chest and barking back.
—Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
For the last five-plus years, killer whales have been ramming – and in some cases sinking – expensive yachts, sailboats and fishing boats in the crystalline waters off the coasts of Spain, Portugal, France and Morocco.
—Ramon Padilla, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
Both sides accuse each other of provocations and trespassing in incidents featuring use of water cannon, boat-ramming and maneuvers by China’s Coast Guard that the Philippines regards as dangerously close, as well as jets shadowing Philippine aircraft there.
—Reuters, NBC news, 16 Sep. 2025
Beijing's forces have responded to Philippine challenges with blockades, ramming maneuvers, and water cannon, raising fears that a miscalculation could draw the United States into a conflict with its military rival.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ramming
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This boundary-breaking dance drama follows Baby (Jennifer Grey) and Johnny (Patrick Swayze) in a wrong-side-of-the-tracks romantic entanglement that all starts with a rousing night of bumping and grinding.—
Madeleine Janz,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
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Only 11% of drivers in the study admitted to violent road rage behaviors in the last year, such as bumping other cars on purpose or confronting other drivers.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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Government funding has been appropriated this way for the past nine fiscal years, with Congress cramming 108 spending measures into 13 bills.—
Lazaro Gamio,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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Instead of cramming it all into a tiny box, Robeta gave it a soft curtain enclosure that keeps the look minimal and the space functional.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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By emphasizing the caper aspect and the goofy comedy of all this over the intricate plotting that is a hallmark of Westlake’s novels, Black lowers the stakes of a heist that involves halting a speeding NY subway refuse train and busting into a supposedly impenetrable Brooklyn vault.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Sep. 2025
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Number of the day 167 mph That’s how fast an American Airlines plane was speeding down the runway at Los Angeles International Airport on Sunday when the pilot had to slam on the brakes after a cargo plane crossed in front of it.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
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Kirk followed Guerrero the next inning, slamming the first of his two homers over the outfield wall.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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Nonprofit watchdog group Human Rights Watch and fellow comedians like David Cross and Marc Maron, however, are saying otherwise, accusing the festival of deflecting from the country's human rights violations and slamming their peers for their involvement.—
Jessica Wang,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Sep. 2025
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But, to do you any good, squeezing the veins must propel the blood in the right direction, toward the heart.—
Bryant Stamford,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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The earbuds are controlled by squeezing the stem.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
29 Sep. 2025
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While driving - Stick to the middle lanes and stay on elevated ground.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Oct. 2025
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In bodycam footage provided by Ory, the gold truck's driver said the woman driving the car behind him caused the wreck after pulling into the other lane to avoid colliding with the back of the truck.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
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The other version, known as the momentum amplituhedron, was instead defined directly in terms of the momenta of colliding particles.—
Kevin Hartnett,
Quanta Magazine,
6 Oct. 2025
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In bodycam footage provided by Ory, the gold truck's driver said the woman driving the car behind him caused the wreck after pulling into the other lane to avoid colliding with the back of the truck.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
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First steps in that process occurred last week, when the Chokai practiced loading dummy Tomahawk munitions into its vertical launch cells.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
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In two of them — July 17, 2005, and July 5, 2008 — the Red Sox actually scored a run before loading the bases … and before Mariano Rivera then escaped all that trouble.—
Jayson Stark,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Ramming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ramming. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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