1. battering - Noun
2. battering - Verb
of Batter
Source: Webster's dictionaryA capped ram is a battering ram that has an accessory at the head (usually made of iron or steel and sometimes punningly shaped into the head and horns of an ovine ram ) to do more damage to a building. Source: Internet
Additional video recordings from Sunday's protests showed officers using their department-issued bicycles as battering rams to push the crowd back in a bid to clear the street. Source: Internet
A giant siege tower with a battering ram was constructed and moved laboriously up the completed ramp. Source: Internet
Ancient use Assyrian attack on a town with archers and a wheeled battering ram; Assyrian Relief, North-West Palace of Nimrud (room B, panel 18) ; 865–860 BC. Source: Internet
Davis, p. 187 Portrayed favorably and heroically by the press, Crane emerged from the ordeal with his reputation enhanced, if not restored, after the battering he had received in the Dora Clark affair. Source: Internet
Describing their general sound, AllMusic refers to them as "grinding, post- Jane's Addiction heavy metal", and The New York Times sees similarities to "Led Zeppelin's heaving, battering guitar riffs and Middle Eastern modes". Source: Internet