infernal machine
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinfernalandmachine
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infernal
adjective
uk/ɪnˈfɜː.nəl/us/ɪnˈfɝː.nəl/
old-fashioned
very bad ...
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machine
noun[C]
uk/məˈʃiːn/us/məˈʃiːn/
a piece of equipment with several moving parts that uses power to do a particular type ...
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(Definition ofinfernalandmachinefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Vano's reports are aninfernalmachinethat churns out possibilities.
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I would have done so had it not borne so close a resemblance to aninfernalmachine.
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The costs of thisinfernalmachineare increased by duplication.
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Such aninfernalmachinewas the motor car considered in those days by many simple people.
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Its inventor had his head cut off by his owninfernalmachine.
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We cannot see why we should impose on others thisinfernalmachinethat we would reject for ourselves.
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Theinfernalmachineis alleged to have made a loud whirring noise but to have produced no other result.
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It is a very ingenious little toy, and not aninfernalmachine.
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We are told that some kind ofinfernalmachinewas placed by some mischievous person under the chair of a bishop.
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Any one of us may have this happen to him if these infernal machines ever do come into operation.
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They include stepping up penalties for ordinary offences, for night poaching, for using poisons, explosives, or other infernal machines.
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That, surely, is sufficient to make people realise the possibilities of these infernal machines that are being operated for purely warlike purposes.
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Today you hear these infernal machines going night and day.
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