How to pronounce “battering ram”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (historical) A heavy object used for battering down walls and gates or a siege engine that includes such an object.
• A modern device, usually in the form of a metal bar with handles, chiefly used by police and firefighters to force open locked doors.
• (figuratively) Something which acts as a powerful tool against something.

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