Battering
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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The kinetic energy from a battering ram, let alone a punch, could not knock the socks off of Buster by pure force alone.
- When you help Ji attack a Hozen village, you find a jade statue, itself a Chekhov's Gun, that is the only thing he can't break, so he uses it as a battering ram to knock down a gate near the end of your quests, and he later follows Aysa to Stormwind when she joins the Alliance.
Source: Chekhovs Gunman / Video Games -
Battering Ram: The Doctor tries to knock a door down, when that fails a cryon shoots at the lock causing the door to open.
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