Battering ram

Rarity: Rare

A topic known well beyond its field, found in many languages.

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Class

Invention

Domain

History and politics

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What Wikipedia says

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.

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