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War-machine definition

An individual weapon for war, especially a mechanical one such as a siege engine or tank.
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The military resources of a belligerent country considered as a whole.

The German war machine was more powerful than that of the allies at the start of the war.

The United States has a powerful war machine at each one of their army bases.

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Noun

Singular:
war-machine
Plural:
war-machines

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War-machine Sentence Examples

  • These eight lines reflect the ambiance of a mighty war machine geared up to resist the aggression of a hostile power, i.e. Germany.

  • They had large war machine like catapults called ballista that fired arrows and a sort of giant catapult that fired massive pieces of rock.

  • The POI will not sabotage the war machine of ' French imperialism.

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