energy weapon

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Photograph of a toy raygun
Space Pilot X Ray Gun toy.

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Noun

energy weapon (plural energy weapons)

  1. A weapon that fires a beam or pulse of energy instead of a projectile.
    • 1941 July, Alfred Elton van Vogt, “The Seesaw”, in Astounding Science Fiction, volume 27, number 5, page 60:
      The window display was made up of an assortment of rather curiously shaped guns, rifles as well as small arms; and a glowing sign in the window stated: THE FINEST ENERGY WEAPONS IN THE KNOWN UNIVERSE.

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