Machine and Situation

Machine

Machine noun - A device that changes energy into mechanical motion.

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Situation and machine are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Situation" instead a noun "Machine".

Situation noun - Position with regard to conditions and circumstances.

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Machine and situation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Machine" instead a noun "Situation".

Nearby Words: situate, situated, situating

particular	particular machine	particular situation
similar	similar machine	similar situation
complex	complex machine	complex situation
certain	certain machine	certain situation
Other adjectives: actual, entire, real, personal, new, political, strange, different.

This has instead lead to the (equally ridiculous) situation where you can carry around a bazooka and a heavy machine gun, but can't carry three pistols instead.

Source: Walking Armory
Rabid Cop: SWAT leader Mace, who constantly tries to manipulate the situation so SWAT can be allowed to storm the building and secretly provides a sub-machine gun to Doug Beech.

Source: Film / Airheads
Other times Janeway (who is a case of Depending on the Author) would like to remind him he's a machine when the situation comes out.

Source: Androids Are People, Too

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