death ray

See also: deathray and death-ray

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death ray (plural death rays)

  2. (science fiction) A beam of radiation that can kill.
    Hypernyms: ray, beam
    Coordinate term: shrink ray
    The evil aliens' death rays could not penetrate our mighty force fields!
  4. (science fiction) A weapon that emits such a ray: a ray gun.
    Hypernym: weapon
    Coordinate term: shrink ray
    The evil alien pointed a death ray at me and ordered me to start marching toward the distant fortress!

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