war machine

About 0.47 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun An individual weapon for war, especially a mechanical one such as a siege engine or tank.
2. noun 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.

Similar words

weaponry training wheel mechanical water wheel artillery wheel steam hammer wire gun waterwork water-wheel railway gun

Word family

machine machine of government machines machines of government propaganda machine propaganda machines war machines