What does war machine mean?

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war ma·chine

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machinenoun

    the military forces of a nation

    "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"

Wiktionary

  1. war machinenoun

    An individual weapon for war belonging to a nation's military.

  2. war machinenoun

    The military resources of a belligerent country considered as a whole

  3. Etymology: From war + machine.

Wikipedia

  1. War Machine

    War Machine (James Rupert "Rhodey" Rhodes) is a fictional character, a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. James Rhodes first appeared in Iron Man #118 (January 1979) by David Michelinie and John Byrne. The War Machine armor (Iron Man Armor Model 11) which first appeared in Iron Man #281 (June 1992) became his signature exosuit, created by Len Kaminski and Kevin Hopgood.The character has been featured in animated television series and films. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), James Rhodes was first played by Terrence Howard in Iron Man (2008), which takes place before he took on the War Machine mantle, and then by Don Cheadle in Iron Man 2 (2010), Iron Man 3 (2013), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Captain America: Civil War (2016), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Captain Marvel (2019), Avengers: Endgame (2019), the television series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021) and Secret Invasion (2023), the animated series What If...? (2021) and the upcoming movie Armor Wars.

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  1. war machine

    A war machine is a piece of military equipment or machinery designed and used for warfare. It includes any mobile or static equipment, such as tanks, aircraft, ships, or artillery, constructed to inflict damage, destruction, or disrupt enemy's operations during armed conflict. The term can also refer metaphorically to a country's or organization's capacity or apparatus to conduct and sustain warfare.

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  1. War Machine

    War Machine is a fictional character, a comic book superhero appearing in comic books set in the Marvel Comics universe. The character of James Rhodes first appeared in Iron Man #118 by David Michelinie, John Byrne, and Bob Layton. The War Machine armor, which became Rhodes' signature armored battlesuit, was designed by Len Kaminski and Kevin Hopgood. Rhodes has been a featured character in the Iron Man animated series, Iron Man: Armored Adventures, and the animated film The Invincible Iron Man. He was first portrayed by actor Terrence Howard in the 2008 film Iron Man. Don Cheadle replaced Howard in the 2010 sequel Iron Man 2 and reprised the role in Iron Man 3.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of war machine in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of war machine in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of war machine in a Sentence

  1. William Barr:

    United States helped open the window for Putin to do what he is doing with the idea that he could get away with it because the Europeans would be too dependent on them, and the prices that were being paid to him were helping to fuel his war machine.

  2. Mateusz Morawiecki:

    I call on the leaders of The European Union to act decisively, to implement actions that will finally break Putin's war machine and take its air.

  3. Joe Biden:

    We can do more than prayers and hashtags and lighting up buildings, George. It's time for the president and some of our European partners to stop pussyfooting around. The financial sanctions announced last night are riddled with loopholes. I know they say they sanctioned 80% of the banks in Russia, but Vladimir Putin controls 100% of the banks in Russia. He can use the other 20% to continue to finance his war machine.

  4. Christian Lindner:

    If I could only follow my heart, there would be an immediate embargo on everything, however, it is doubtful that this would stop the war machine in the short term.

  5. Michael McCaul:

    The United States of America, we are importing Russian energy. This needs to stop. We are funding Putin's war machine.


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