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Ram (Verb)

Meaning 1

Crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Examples

  • The small nightclub was rammed with people eager to see their favorite band perform.
  • The bus was rammed full of commuters during rush hour, making it difficult to move.
  • The party planners worked hard to ram the tables into the overcrowded room.
  • The restaurant was rammed to the rafters with hungry diners during the holiday season.
  • The hotel rooms were rammed with luggage as guests prepared for the annual convention.

Synonyms

  • Chock Up
  • Wad
  • Jampack
  • Cram
  • Jam

Hypernyms

  • Stuff

Meaning 2

Undergo damage or destruction on impact; "the plane crashed into the ocean"; "The car crashed into the lamp post".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Examples

  • The speeding car rammed into the concrete wall, causing extensive damage to the front end.
  • The rival football player rammed into my teammate, knocking them to the ground.
  • A truck rammed into the parked vehicles, creating a huge pileup on the highway.
  • The malfunctioning drone rammed into the side of the building, shattering the windows.
  • A runaway boat rammed into the dock, causing significant damage to the structure.

Synonyms

  • Crash

Hypernyms

  • Collide

Meaning 3

Strike or drive against with a heavy impact; "ram the gate with a sledgehammer"; "pound on the door".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Examples

  • The rhino will ram its opponents with its powerful horns during a territorial dispute.
  • The protesters began to ram the police barricades in an attempt to break through the line.
  • The battering ram was used to ram the castle gates and gain access to the inner courtyard.
  • The angry driver attempted to ram the car that cut them off on the highway.
  • The firefighters used a heavy object to ram the door open and enter the burning building.

Synonyms

  • Pound
  • Ram Down

Related Words

  • Rammer (noun)
  • Ram (noun)

Meaning 4

Force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically; "She rammed her mind into focus"; "He drives me mad".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Examples

  • The car crashed and his leg was rammed under the wreckage.
  • She rammed her mind into focus to finish the project on time.
  • His words rammed into her and hit her to the core.
  • The authorities attempted to ram the bill through the parliament.
  • The noise and lights from outside rammed into her quiet evening.

Synonyms

  • Drive
  • Force

Hypernyms

  • Thrust

Hyponyms

  • Toe
  • Toenail

Related Words

  • Ram (noun)
  • Ram Down (verb)
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