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ram

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rammen

(transitive) to ram, to intentionally collide with (a ship or car or building) with the intention of damaging or sinking it
(transitive) to strike (something) hard

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/rɑm/

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In summary

From Middle Dutch ram (“a male sheep”), from Old Dutch *ram, of West-Germanic origin, possibly from Proto-Germanic *rammaz (“strong”). Cognate to English ram (“a male sheep”). The sense "battering ram" was borrowed as a semantic loan from Latin ariēs in Middle Dutch.