Agent and Contraption

Agent

Agent noun - Something used to achieve an end.

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Contraption and agent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Contraption" instead a noun "Agent".

Nearby Words: agency, agential

Contraption noun - An interesting and often novel device with a practical use.

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Agent and contraption are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Agent" instead a noun "Contraption".

special	special agent	special contraption
single	single agent	single contraption
new	new agent	new contraption
deadly	deadly agent	deadly contraption
Other adjectives: mysterious, titular, said.

Agent Gabriel of SHIELD exclaims "Only the gods themselves could release him from that contraption".

Source: Western Animation / The Incredible Hulk
Board to Death: Secret Service agent stationed in the United Nations building is killed with a contraption that kills him with sound through his translator earplug.

Source: Film / Live and Let Die
Shooter. An FBI agent who knows too much is placed in a contraption that will force his fingers to close on the trigger of his own firearm, to fake a suicide.

Source: Make It Look Like an Accident

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