infernal machine

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English

Noun

infernal machine (plural infernal machines)

  1. (dated) An explosive device designed to cause damage to life or property. [from 19th c.]
    • 1932, Duff Cooper, Talleyrand, Folio Society 2010, p. 105:
      When a serious attempt was made upon Bonaparte's life by the explosion of an infernal machine, Fouché knew that the plot had been hatched and carried out by royalists […]
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