Meaning & use
Ramming
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Forcefully striking or pushing something, typically by driving one object hard into another.
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The protesters were arrested for ramming a truck through the barricade.
He kept ramming his shoulder against the stuck door.
A note on using this word
'Ramming speed,' popularized in naval and film contexts, refers to the maximum speed a ship builds up before deliberately colliding with another vessel.
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