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infernal machine
noun
a concealed or disguised explosive device intended to destroy life or property.
infernal machine
noun
archaica usually disguised explosive device or booby trap
Word History and Origins
Origin of infernal machine1
Example Sentences
Her right hand, fingers curled, rests on the infernal machine, while her left hand is open on the windowsill.
While Marvel can seem “like this infernal machine that grinds on,” Bettany says, the projects are, in his experience, “incredibly collaborative.”
The infernal machine will continue largely unstopped because there is a huge market for its poison.
District Court Judge Roger T. Benitez included dueling pistols, muskets, trick “cane guns” and a custom-made instrument of mass murder known as “the infernal machine.”
The brilliant “elephant,” lumbering and impressive like its African namesake, is an infernal machine.
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