Device and Intent

Device

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

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

Intent noun - Something that one hopes or intends to accomplish.

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Device and intent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Device" instead a noun "Intent".

good	good device	good intent
specific	specific device	specific intent
alien	alien device	alien intent
narrative	narrative device	narrative intent
Other adjectives: powerful, actual, evil, little, main, dramatic, deadly, giant, comedic.

Then it turns out that the device was originally commissioned by Cheng Zhi, with the intent of starting a war between the United States and China.

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Doctor Doom develops a shrink ray device with the intent of using it on the Fantastic Four, but he ends up getting Hoist by His Own Petard and shrunk down to nothingness.

Source: Comicbook / Fantastic Four
Doctor Doom develops a Shrink Ray device with the intent of using it on the Fantastic Four, but he ends up getting shrunk down to nothingness by it.

Source: Comicbook / Fantastic Four

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