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wind machine

British  
/ wɪnd /

noun

  1. a machine used, esp in the theatre, to produce wind or the sound of wind

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"They have fireworks, a wind machine and a big performance."

From BBC May 17, 2026

Corteva researchers test the strength of new hybrids by exposing them to gusts of up to 160 kilometers per hour from a wind machine.

From Science Magazine Oct. 25, 2023

I had a little wind machine and monitor; I have to walk into the water and be talking all the time.

From New York Times Oct. 22, 2021

There’s not even a wind machine to change up how her hair is falling.

From Slate Nov. 1, 2017

“Then you have to get some artificial grass so it stays the same color throughout the whole picture, and finally you have to get a wind machine so you can make the grass sway.’

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers

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