death ray
noun
: a weapon that generates an intense beam of particles or radiation by which it destroys its target
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Recently, the garrulous Leon Trotsky has told the world to beware of a new Russian death ray.
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Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
Nikola Tesla and the Death Ray Craze Nikola Tesla, the audacious futurist and groundbreaking inventor, once claimed to have invented a death ray that would end all war.
—JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
The Capitol Building Methods used: Alien death ray, regular bombs
The centerpiece of the U.S. Capitol is its 287-foot cast-iron dome, designed by architect Thomas U. Walter in 1854 to replace the much shorter copper original, which, to be honest, looked kind of stupid.
—Elle Carroll, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2024
The military resists, but human technology is no match for Martian tripods and death rays.
—Kermit Roosevelt Iii, TIME, 31 May 2024
Lee adds a touch of class (and a superfluous third nipple) to the colorful menagerie of big-screen Bond villains with his solar death ray.
—Chris Nashawaty, EW.com, 29 May 2024
Archimedes’ death ray is more commonly speculated to have been an array of several mirrors or polished shields.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 8 Mar. 2024
Sener found the death ray to be one of the more intriguing devices — sometimes referred to as the heat ray.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 8 Mar. 2024
So otherworldly were the fire conditions on Black Saturday that animals and people were killed by radiant heat alone, from hundreds of yards away, as if they had been felled by a death ray.
—John Vaillant, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 June 2023
Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
Nikola Tesla and the Death Ray Craze Nikola Tesla, the audacious futurist and groundbreaking inventor, once claimed to have invented a death ray that would end all war.
—JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
The Capitol Building Methods used: Alien death ray, regular bombs
The centerpiece of the U.S. Capitol is its 287-foot cast-iron dome, designed by architect Thomas U. Walter in 1854 to replace the much shorter copper original, which, to be honest, looked kind of stupid.
—Elle Carroll, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2024
The military resists, but human technology is no match for Martian tripods and death rays.
—Kermit Roosevelt Iii, TIME, 31 May 2024
Lee adds a touch of class (and a superfluous third nipple) to the colorful menagerie of big-screen Bond villains with his solar death ray.
—Chris Nashawaty, EW.com, 29 May 2024
Archimedes’ death ray is more commonly speculated to have been an array of several mirrors or polished shields.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 8 Mar. 2024
Sener found the death ray to be one of the more intriguing devices — sometimes referred to as the heat ray.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 8 Mar. 2024
So otherworldly were the fire conditions on Black Saturday that animals and people were killed by radiant heat alone, from hundreds of yards away, as if they had been felled by a death ray.
—John Vaillant, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 June 2023
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