Dark Phoenix

Destructive cosmic transformation

Dark Phoenix is a powerful, destructive alter ego of the X-Men character Jean Grey in Marvel Comics, representing her psychic abilities corrupted by cosmic forces.

The term has spread beyond comics to describe anyone—especially a woman—transformed by power into something dangerous or uncontrollable: She went full Dark Phoenix on him when she found out.

The phrase suggests both tremendous capability and the threat of annihilation.

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