Devices
Devices noun - An inclination or desire; used in the plural in the phrase `left to your own devices'.
Explosives and devices are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Explosives" instead a noun "Devices".
Explosives
Devices and explosives are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Devices" instead a noun "Explosives".
Both words in one sentence
- Played for laughs in World of Warcraft regarding the engineering profession which at high levels allows characters to "make fantastic devices and explosives that very often work as intended."
Source: Damned by Faint Praise - The clearest example is when he goes along as they prank another company branch, because left to their own devices they would have used explosives.
Source: Only Sane Employee -
Sixteen years old when she comes aboard, whips up improvised explosives and incendiary devices in her spare time.
Source: Little Miss Badass
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