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Noun Concept
Categories: Medieval siege engines, Siege engines, All articles needing additional references, Roman siege engines
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battering ram  battering-ram  Battering ramming  battering rams  Battle ram
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A ram used to break down doors of fortified buildings WordNet 3.0
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A ram used to break down doors of fortified buildings WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A battering ram is a siege engine that originated in ancient times and was designed to break open the masonry walls of fortifications or splinter their wooden gates. Wikipedia
Siege engine originating in ancient times. Wikipedia Disambiguation
An ancient military device with a heavy horizontal ram for battering down walls, gates, etc. OmegaWiki
A heavy object used for battering down walls and gates before gunpowder was known. Wiktionary
Type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
engine
ram
siege engine
HAS KIND
SV
bonk
HAS INSTANCE
Widder
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus
NAMED AFTER
ram
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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battering ram
Wikipedia
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battering ram
Wikidata
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battering ram
Wiktionary
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battering ram
OmegaWiki
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battering ram
Wikipedia Redirections
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battering-ram, Battering Ram, Battering ramming, battering rams, Battle ram, capped ram, ram (siege weapon), Siege Ram

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