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noun 
  1. a mechanical or electrical device that performs or assists in the performance of human tasks, or is used for amusement (like a pinball machine).
  2. the group that controls a political or similar organization.
  3. (archaic) a vehicle operated mechanically; an automobile.
  4. a person who seemingly acts like a machine, a person who is very proficient at a task.
Bruce Campbell was a "demon-killing machine" because he made quick work of killing demons.
verb (machines, machining, machined)
  1. to make by machinery.
  2. to shape or finish by machinery.
adjective 
  1. belonging to a machine
  2. made by a machine
Etymology: French and Old French , from latinized Greek machina, from w:Doric Greek, Doric Greek (makhana) (Ionic Greek mekhane) "machine, tool", from , (makhos, mekhos) "device, assistance, way".

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