Rammed
[ræmd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Ram
Checker: Otis
Examples
- Orders were shouted, but it was too late to save the giant propellers, and with a crash we rammed them. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Some were rammed by the rear ships of their own side. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Then as the Carthaginian rammed or swept alongside, this _corvus_, as it was called, could be let down and the boarders could swarm aboard him. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They, however, require increased power and longer time to ram down the ball in loading, and the risk of bursting the gun is increased if the ball be not rammed close upon the powder. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- He saw his galleys rammed by the sharp prows of other galleys; his fighting-men shot down; his ships boarded. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Checker: Otis