engines of war
Military assault equipment
Engines of war are machines or devices designed for combat—siege towers, catapults, battering rams, and their modern equivalents like tanks and artillery.
The phrase sounds archaic or literary, evoking medieval warfare: The army assembled its engines of war outside the castle walls.
It may be used figuratively for any powerful instruments of destruction or aggression.
- catapultSiege engine for launching
- machine gunContinuous-fire arm
- battle tankArmed, armored military vehicle
- trebuchetCounterweight-powered projectile launcher
- battering ramHeavy beam for breaching
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