Device
Device noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.
Foreshadowing and device are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Foreshadowing" instead a noun "Device".
Foreshadowing
Foreshadowing noun - Something believed to be a sign or warning of a future event.
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Synonyms for Foreshadowing
Device and foreshadowing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Device" instead a noun "Foreshadowing".
Nearby Words: foreshadow, foreshadowed
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Foreshadowing: Someone, possibly Malachai, left a note on the map device in the Eternal Laboratory, overjoyed over its completion.
Source: Video Game / Path of Exile - Foreshadowing: When Bender has the doomsday device installed, the shaking caused by his overloading causes one of his eyes to start shaking loose.
Source: Recap / Futurama S 6 E 1 Rebirth -
Foreshadowing: Hobo Jimmy took out a tracking device that Akan implanted inside Henry's left wrist.
Source: Film / Hardcore Henry
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