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Infernal Machine

Definition: Infernal Machine

Infernal Machine

Noun

1. A bomb that has a detonating mechanism that can be set to go off at a particular time.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Infernal Machine

Synonym: time bomb (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Infernal Machine

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Arms

Gun, piece; firearms; artillery, ordnance; siege train, battering train; park, battery; cannon, gun of position, heavy gun, field piece, mortar, howitzer, carronade, culverin, basilisk; falconet, jingal, swivel, pederero, bouche a feu; petard, torpedo; mitrailleur, mitrailleuse; infernal machine; smooth bore, rifled cannon, Armstrong gun, Lancaster gun, Paixhan gun, Whitworth gun, Parrott gun, Krupp gun, Gatling gun, Maxim gun, machine gun; pompom; ten pounder.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Modern Usage: Infernal Machine

DomainUsage

Screenplays

We shall proceed as planned and as soon as we return to 1985 we shall destroy this infernal machine. Traveling through time has become much too painful (Back to the Future Part III; writing credit: Robert Zemeckis; Bob Gale)

Movie/TV Titles

Infernal Machine (1933)

That Infernal Machine (1914)

Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine (1999)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Infernal Machine

DomainTitle

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Infernal Machine

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Submarine Infernal machine intended to destroy the "Minnesota". Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Infernal Machine

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

indiana jones and the infernal machine

70

indiana jones and the infernal machine cheat

25

infernal machine

19

infernal machine through walk

17

cheat infernal machine

5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Infernal Machine

Language Translations for "infernal machine"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Finnish

  

helvetinkone. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

infernalay achinemay

   

Swedish

  

helvetesmaskin. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

quả mìn gà i bẫy, quả bom gà i bẫy. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Infernal Machine

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-e-f-h-i-i-l-m-n-n-n-r"

-5 letters: manchineel, menarcheal.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

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