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What is a battering ram?

What is a battering ram? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (historical) A heavy object used for battering down walls and gates before gunpowder was known.
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Another large weapon of siege was used primarily in storms, the battering ram.
The mob uprooted a street lamp and used it as battering ram to smash in the doors.
Shortly before 4 p.m. police used a battering ram to break down the front door of the home.
After about thirty seconds, the first two officers in the line used a battering ram to knock down the door.
It is dramatic, extreme, a battering ram to bust down a door that will not open.
The joiner eventually borrowed the police battering ram and forced the door open.

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