infernal machine

noun

|Updated on: 14 May 2018

Definition of infernal machine

: a machine or apparatus maliciously designed to explode and destroy life or property; especially : a concealed or disguised bomb

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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, "May 7, 1915: Lusitania Torpedoed," 7 May 2018

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