infernal machine


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infernal machine

[in′fərn·əl mə‚shēn]
(ordnance)
Disguised or cleverly concealed explosive device, usually intended for sabotage.
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For seven months now I have been struggling to run an office based on its infernal machine.
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20 in Worcester Superior Court to 16 counts of possessing an infernal machine, two counts of possessing a firearm or ammunition without a firearm identification card and a single count of improperly storing a firearm.
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No prizes for guessing which TV station my video recorder will be switched to this afternoon, with Mrs Veritas under strict orders to make sure the infernal machine works properly.
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Infernal machine, a circus ring which offers the devil's own dancing dogs (Sirius, along with sun and moon, blazes down upon this cosmical theater), Spindle City and the Borden homestead are contained within a magic circle, transmogrified into things so small as to fit in Old Borden's pocket.
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Auburn, a former gun dealer, pleaded guilty yesterday morning in Worcester Superior Court to 16 counts of possessing an infernal machine, two counts of possessing a firearm or ammunition without a firearm identification card and a single count of improperly storing a firearm.
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The full title is Indiana Jones And The Infernal Machine and, coded by Lucasarts, a lot is expected of this new game - especially following Lucasarts falling flat on their Force with the disappointing Phantom Menace.
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Pytko, who appeared in court in a T-shirt and shorts, had been summoned on 11 counts of possessing an infernal machine and two counts of vandalizing property.
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There are those so attached to these infernal machines that they use them whilst sitting on the loo.
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I could hardly get near him at the Prado Where crowds jostled against the velvet ropes Pointing out naked maidens raked by claws Or strung on harps, rabbits and false popes Swallowing human legs, infernal machines Trapping shocked faces behind portholes, Inventive punishments from our worst dreams-- Look
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