infernal machine
noun
: a machine or apparatus maliciously designed to explode and destroy life or property
especially
: a concealed or disguised bomb
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There was a possibility, police said, that Weigand had stumbled upon a mad bomber about to set off another infernal machine.
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Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 24 Mar. 2024
From the anarchist’s perspective, the true infernal machine that had been unleashed was James Watt’s steam engine.
—Steven Johnson, New York Times, 17 May 2024
But of all the bomb throwers of the period, no group was more closely associated with the infernal machines than the anarchists — to such a degree that the press began to call them the Dynamite Club.
—Steven Johnson, New York Times, 17 May 2024
Dale Stewart, 54, of Webster, N.H. was arrested Thursday evening and arraigned Friday morning on felony charges that include throwing or placing explosives, possessing an infernal machine, reckless conduct with a deadly weapon, and second degree assault, police said.
—Steven Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Apr. 2023
Aycock’s strangely infernal machine upends historical associations between weaving and delicate women’s work, inserting monumental sculpture into the postindustrial dialogue.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2022
At 5:30 o'clock this afternoon, Lloyd's issued a statement that the Lusitania was believed to have been blown up by an infernal machine.
—sandiegouniontribune.com, 7 May 2018
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Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 24 Mar. 2024
From the anarchist’s perspective, the true infernal machine that had been unleashed was James Watt’s steam engine.
—Steven Johnson, New York Times, 17 May 2024
But of all the bomb throwers of the period, no group was more closely associated with the infernal machines than the anarchists — to such a degree that the press began to call them the Dynamite Club.
—Steven Johnson, New York Times, 17 May 2024
Dale Stewart, 54, of Webster, N.H. was arrested Thursday evening and arraigned Friday morning on felony charges that include throwing or placing explosives, possessing an infernal machine, reckless conduct with a deadly weapon, and second degree assault, police said.
—Steven Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Apr. 2023
Aycock’s strangely infernal machine upends historical associations between weaving and delicate women’s work, inserting monumental sculpture into the postindustrial dialogue.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2022
At 5:30 o'clock this afternoon, Lloyd's issued a statement that the Lusitania was believed to have been blown up by an infernal machine.
—sandiegouniontribune.com, 7 May 2018
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“Infernal machine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/infernal%20machine. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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