engines of war
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And the young people said, Jeremy shall bring peace unto all nations, for he hateth the engines of war that take wing across the heavens.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 9, 2017
Like engines of war massing for an offensive, they clustered in town squares, ballparks and filling-station driveways.
From Time Magazine Archive
By 1942, however, we knew that the Germans were working feverishly to find a way to add atomic energy to all the other engines of war with which they hoped to enslave the world.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
Forbidden to make engines of war, Japan made automobiles instead, and won the world.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
In those early days men of some education—often monks—were appointed as Ingeniatores Regis to undertake the manufacture of the king's engines of war, and to build his castles.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various
