engine
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                    Noun
                    
                motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work
                
                    Noun
                    
                something used to achieve a purpose; "an engine of change"
                
                    Noun
                    
                a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks
                
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            an instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc.; "medieval engines of war"
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                    aircraft engine
                    arbalest
                    arbalist
                    automobile engine
                    auxiliary engine
                    ballista
                    battering ram
                    bricole
                    catapult
                    choo-choo
                    diesel locomotive
                    dinkey
                    dinky
                    donkey engine
                    electric locomotive
                    generator
                    heat engine
                    iron horse
                    mangonel
                    onager
                    pilot engine
                    reaction engine
                    reaction-propulsion engine
                    shunter
                    steam locomotive
                    switch engine
                    tank engine
                    tank locomotive
                    traction engine
                    trebuchet
                    trebucket