Machine
Machine noun - A device that changes energy into mechanical motion.
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Synonyms for Machine
Thingy and machine are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Thingy" instead a noun "Machine".
Thingy
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Both words in one sentence
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In The Princess Bride, the "machine" isn't so much a beam as it is a life-sucky thingy, but since it causes intense pain to the victims at various settings, it qualifies as the trope.
Source: Agony Beam - Deus Ex has Big Bad Bob Page with drastically enhanced nano-augmentations hooked up to a large ultimate augmented machine-thingy.
Source: One Winged Angel / Video Games -
Wily (the machine he's piloting does though) because he falls out and surrenders, heck even Mega Man himself explodes into a billion energy orbs when his bar thingy with about 28 other bars...runs out.
Source: Defeat Equals Explosion
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Thingy and Machine. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/machine/thingy
Machine & Thingy. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/machine/thingy>.
Thingy or Machine. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/machine/thingy.
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