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death ray

noun

Definitions

  1. A beam of radiation that can kill.

    • The evil aliens' death rays could not penetrate our mighty force fields!

  2. A weapon that emits such a ray

    A weapon that emits such a ray: a ray gun.

    • Near-synonym: heat-ray
    • The evil alien pointed a death ray at me and ordered me to start marching toward the distant fortress!

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