Contraption
Contraption noun - An interesting and often novel device with a practical use.
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Synonyms for Contraption
Weapon and contraption are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Weapon" instead a noun "Contraption".
Weapon
Weapon noun - Any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting.
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Synonyms for Weapon
Contraption and weapon are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contraption" instead a noun "Weapon".
Nearby Words: weaponry, weaponless
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Related pairs
- device and contraption
- device and weapon
- apparatus and contraption
- apparatus and weapon
- agent and contraption
- agent and weapon
- means and contraption
- means and weapon
- tool and contraption
- tool and weapon
- instrument and contraption
- instrument and weapon
- contrivance and contraption
- contrivance and weapon
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Well, seeing as how that whole unlimited ammo for machine guns thing would be very useful in their fighters, why didn't they strap six or seven of the firing portion onto a rotating contraption and make an impromptu gatling weapon and mount one of those?
Source: Black Box -
Who Framed Roger Rabbit contains elements of this trope along with Chained to a Rock near the climax of the film, when Roger and Jessica Rabbit are suspended by chains while a nearby contraption spraying The Dip, Judge Dooms weapon of choice, inches ever closer.
Source: Conveyor Belt-O-Doom
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