war machine

English

A tank is a powerful war machine.

Etymology

war + machine

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈwɔː məˌʃiːn/
(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈwɔːɹ məˌʃiːn/

Noun

war machine (plural war machines)

An individual weapon for war, especially a mechanical one such as a siege engine or tank.
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 her army bases.

Translations

weapon

Finnish: sotakone
German: Kriegsmaschine (de) f

Swedish: krigsmaskin c

resources

Danish: krigsmaskine c, krigsmaskineri n
Finnish: sotakone, sotakoneisto
German: Kriegsmaschinerie (de) f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: krigsmaskin m

Nynorsk: krigsmaskin m or f

Swedish: krigsmaskineri c

See also

Military robot

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