war machine

A term referring to the entire military apparatus of a country or group, including weapons, vehicles, personnel, and logistics, often used to emphasize its scale and destructive power.

• 🇩🇪Bezeichnung für den gesamten militärischen Apparat eines Landes oder einer Gruppe, einschließlich Waffen, Fahrzeugen, Personal und Logistik; wird oft verwendet, um dessen Ausmaß und Zerstörungskraft zu betonen.

1. Military apparatus B2 formal

   The entire organized military system of a country, including its personnel, equipment, and logistics, viewed as a single powerful entity.

   • The country's war machine was mobilized for the conflict.
   • The general commanded a vast war machine of tanks and aircraft.
   • Economic sanctions were aimed at crippling the enemy's war machine.

   🇩🇪Kriegsmaschine

2. Aggressive political system C1 informal

   A metaphorical term for a political or corporate system that is relentlessly aggressive, competitive, or expansionist.

   • The corporation operated like a war machine, crushing all competitors.
   • The political party's campaign was a well-oiled war machine.
   • The media empire was described as a propaganda war machine.

   🇩🇪Aggressives politisches System