battering
31battering — noun the act of subjecting to strong attack • Syn: ↑banging • Hypernyms: ↑fight, ↑fighting, ↑combat, ↑scrap …
32battering ram — noun Date: 1593 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 …
33battering rams — ➡ castles * * * …
34Battering-ram — (Ezek. 4:2; 21:22), a military engine, consisting of a long beam of wood hung upon a frame, for making breaches in walls. The end of it which was brought against the wall was shaped like a ram s head …
35battering ram — bat·ter·ing ram || bætÉ™rɪŋ large hard tool used to beat in a locked door or wall …
36battering ram — noun a heavy object swung or rammed against a door to break it down. ↘historical a heavy beam, originally with an end in the form of a carved ram s head, used in breaching fortifications …
37battering ram — noun (C) a long heavy piece of wood used in wars in the past to break through walls or doors …
38Battering Ram — a ram used to break in castle walls or doors …
39Battering Ram — A large tree was first cut down and stripped of its branches. Then it was carried horizontally by many men, or suspended from a tower, where it was used to strike and eventually break down the gate of a castle. A steel cap may be put on the… …
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40battering ram — Hipa kāne wāwahi …