Device and Ingenuity

Device

Device noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.

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Ingenuity and device are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ingenuity" instead a noun "Device".

Ingenuity noun - The skill and imagination to create new things.

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Device and ingenuity are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Device" instead a noun "Ingenuity".

old	old device	old ingenuity
good	good device	good ingenuity
similar	similar device	similar ingenuity
common	common device	common ingenuity
Other adjectives: certain, simple, great, little, mechanical, magical, technological.

Mr. Terrific describes the device's ingenuity as, "...Luthor Level, maybe even Apokolips." For the record that is the canonically third smartest man in the world comparing this device to something made by either the smartest man in the world, or an alien demigod.

Source: Cut Lex Luthor a Check
The ethics and mechanics of this device are an important plot point, as the level of ingenuity is only surpassed by its potential for sheer torture.

Source: Matter Replicator
The Minensuchgerät 42 is a shining example of the Wehrmacht's ingenuity in improvising minesweepers from nothing more than farm equipment and people note The device consisted of people yoked (tied) to rollers or ploughs, which they would drag across the minefield in question.

Source: Useful Notes / Nazis with Gnarly Weapons

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