English

A tank is a powerful war machine.

Noun

war machine ‎(countable and uncountable, plural war machines)

1. An individual weapon for war, especially a mechanical one such as a siege engine or tank.
2. The military resources of a belligerent country considered as a whole.

   The German war machine was more powerful than that of the allies at the start of the war.

   The United States has a powerful war machine at each one of her army bases.

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See also

• Military robot