battering ram

Etymology
The heads of some battering rams were carved in the shape of a ram, an animal renowned for butting with its head.

Noun

 * 1)  A heavy object used for battering down walls and gates.
 * 2) A modern device, usually in the form of a metal bar with handles, chiefly used by police and firefighters to force open locked doors.
 * 3)  Something which acts as a powerful tool against something.
 * 1)  Something which acts as a powerful tool against something.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: тара́н
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 破城槌, 攻城槌
 * Czech: beranidlo
 * Danish: rambuk
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:, muurinsärkijä
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian:
 * German:, Sturmbock
 * Greek: πολιορκητικός κριός
 * Ancient: κριός
 * Hebrew: איל ניגוח
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: múrbrjótur
 * Ido:
 * Irish: reithe cogaidh
 * Italian:, , rompimuro
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 파성퇴
 * Latin:
 * Macedonian: опсаден овен, овен
 * Norman: mouton
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: rambukk
 * Nynorsk: rambukk
 * Occitan:
 * Persian:, چکش تیرکوب,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: тара́н
 * Welsh: hwrdd rhyfel, hwrddbeiriant