Devices
Devices noun - An inclination or desire; used in the plural in the phrase `left to your own devices'.
Opera
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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The Phantom of the Opera mentions "the Little Sultana" who enjoyed torturing people with the Phantom's wonderful devices.
Source: Troubling Unchildlike Behavior -
Used in The Phantom of the Opera to an extent; a large proportion of the Phantom's death traps and other devices involve sophisticated clockwork.
Source: Clock Punk - Wrong Genre Savvy: In Infernal Devices, Boo-Boo Pennyroyal has watched too many romantic tragedies at the opera, and is convinced that her slaves and servants are at constant risk of falling into doomed love affairs and running away or killing themselves out of grief and heartbreak.
Source: Literature / Mortal Engines
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