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Definition: Infernal Machine |
Infernal MachineNoun1. 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 MachineSynonym: time bomb (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms 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. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
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) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title |
High Tech |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & 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. | |||
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency 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. | |
| Language | Translations for "infernal machine"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | helvetinkone. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | infernalay achinemay helvetesmaskin. (various references) quả mìn gà i bẫy, quả bom gà i bẫy. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
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. | |
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