death ray
death ray · death rays
A beam of radiation that can killA beam of radiation that can kill.
Meaning
2 sensesA beam of radiation that can kill.
The evil aliens' death rays could not penetrate our mighty force fields!
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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