ram

ram

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ram¹ /ræm/ verb (past tense and past participle rammed, present participle ramming)1. [intransitive and transitive] to run or drive into something very hard:
    In the latest raid, thieves used his van to ram a police car.
    ram into
    He lost control of his truck and rammed into a van, killing two people.
2. [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to push something into a position, using great force:
    First, you’ll have to ram the posts into the ground.
    I rammed my foot down on the brake.
3. ram something down sb’s throat to try to make someone accept an idea or opinion by repeating it many times, especially when they are not interested
4. ram something home to make sure someone fully understands something by emphasizing it and by providing a lot of examples, proof etc:
    a police video ramming home the dangers of driving fast in fog
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ crash verb [intransitive and transitive] to hit another vehicle, a tree, the ground etc, with a lot of force, causing a lot of damage: The plane crashed a kilometre from the runway. | He was scared I’d crash his car. | The car crashed into a tree.
   ▪ hit verb [transitive] to move into something quickly and with force: He wasn’t paying attention, and almost hit another car. | The car hit a lamppost.
   ▪ collide verb [intransitive] if two cars, trains, planes etc collide, they hit each other, especially when they are moving in opposite directions: The two planes collided in mid-air. | An express train collided with a freight train in the morning rush hour.
   ▪ run into something phrasal verb [transitive] to hit a vehicle or object that is directly in front of you, especially because you are not paying attention: He ran into the car in front while he was talking on his mobile phone.
   ▪ smash into something phrasal verb [transitive] to crash into something, causing a great amount of damage: An army helicopter smashed into the side of the mountain.
   ▪ plough into British English, plow into American English phrasal verb [transitive] to crash into something with a lot of force, especially when your vehicle continues moving afterwards: The bus went out of control and ploughed into a line of traffic.
   ▪ ram verb [transitive] to deliberately hit another boat or vehicle very hard, especially when it is not moving: The ship had been rammed by a submarine. | The gunmen tried to ram the police car.

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ram² noun [countable]
1. an adult male sheep ⇨ ewe
2. a battering ram
3. a machine that hits something again and again to force it into a position

RAM
RAM /ræm/ noun [uncountable] technical
(random access memory) the part of a computer that acts as a temporary store for information so that it can be used immediately ⇨ ROM:
    a model with 128 MB of RAM