"war machine" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwɔː məˌʃiːn/ [UK], /ˈwɔːɹ məˌʃiːn/ [UK], /ˈwoɹ məˌʃin/ [US] Forms: war machines [plural]
Etymology: war + machine Etymology templates: {{m|en|war}} war, {{m|en|machine}} machine Head templates: {{en-noun}} war machine (plural war machines)
  1. An individual weapon for war, especially a mechanical one such as a siege engine or tank. Categories (topical): War, Weapons Translations (weapon): sotakone (Finnish), Kriegsmaschine [feminine] (German), Kampfmaschine [feminine] (German), krigsmaskin [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-war_machine-en-noun-QBMeJ5hQ Disambiguation of War: 54 46 Disambiguation of Weapons: 50 50 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 47 53 Disambiguation of 'weapon': 100 0
  2. The military resources of a belligerent country considered as a whole. Categories (topical): War, Weapons Translations (resources): krigsmaskine [common-gender] (Danish), krigsmaskineri [neuter] (Danish), sotakone (Finnish), sotakoneisto (Finnish), machine de guerre [feminine] (French), Kriegsmaschinerie [feminine] (German), gluaiseacht chogaíochta [feminine] (Irish), krigsmaskin [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), krigsmaskin [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), zasoby wojenne [masculine, plural] (Polish), krigsmaskineri [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-war_machine-en-noun-5twKzgbB Disambiguation of War: 54 46 Disambiguation of Weapons: 50 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 47 53 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 43 57 Disambiguation of 'resources': 7 93

Inflected forms

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