Device
Device noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.
Safety
Safety noun - A device designed to prevent injury or accidents.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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A captured A21 terrorist has the device implanted under his skin, so our heroes use a microwave oven to destroy it (holding down the door safety button so the microwave will work with the door open).
Source: Tracking Device -
When Sly is almost sprung, it, seemingly accidentally, doubles as an extraction device, with Sly being pulled to safety before he is spotted when Murray pedals the getaway trike away.
Source: Tin-Can Telephone -
He enforces his rule with a doomsday device made from an orbiting asteroid that will destroy the Earth unless he activates a safety switch with his handprint once every 24 hours.
Source: Church of Happyology
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Safety and Device. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/device/safety
Device & Safety. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/device/safety>.
Safety or Device. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/device/safety.
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