Sentence examples for device of war from inspiring English sources

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The young woman escaped horrors in her native Guinea, a patriarchal society where rape is widespread and used as a device of war, a place where she would have been kicked to the curb if she tried to take on a powerful man.

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They weaved these ideas throughout the song, focusing on the main literary device of personification of "war pigs".

That was not naive exactly, writes William Langewiesche, an American journalist, rather the scientists were saying: "If you knew what we know about these devices, the practice of war must stop .By contrast, the fact that there has been no second nuclear war in the intervening 60 years seems a modest success.

He comments that in online fandom there was a sense "of a ship being steered in a different direction" and praises the plot device of the Time War as allowing the character to become mysterious again by providing him a "blank slate".

Purportedly honoring our military men and women, it appeared to be more of a propaganda device for the acceptability of war.

It's just that these employees face mortar fire, rocket attacks, improvised explosive devices, and other risks of war — and that they are working, albeit through intermediaries, for the United States government.

For a lawless regime to prepare such a device would be an act of war against the civilized world, justifying preventive measures.

The timing device of a second world war Japanese torpedo, a map of Iwojima and a macabre US military "Jap Hunting License ('Open Season – No Limit')" occupy the same display, while round the corner another strange gas-masked figure lies rigid on a stretcher.

Thus the engines of war were devices such as catapults, floating bridges, and assault towers; their designer was the "engine-er," or military engineer.

"The world is shifting from a battle of devices to a war of ecosystems," said Stephen Elop, the new chief executive of Nokia who is charged with spearheading the company's turnaround, in a press event here.

As part of the 2006 Comprehensive Peace Accord, the Government and the Maoists had committed to identify and clear the landmines, improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and other explosive remnants of war.

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