EMP
Electronics-frying burst
EMP stands for electromagnetic pulse—a burst of electromagnetic energy that can disrupt or destroy electronic equipment.
EMPs occur naturally from lightning strikes or solar flares, but the term usually refers to weapons designed to knock out electronics over a wide area: The nuclear blast triggered an EMP that fried every computer in the city.
A staple of apocalyptic fiction and military planning.
Sudden forceful burst
- shieldingProtecting from harm
- Faraday cageConductive enclosure blocking fields
- hardeningBecoming less soft
- non-nuclearNot involving atomic energy
directed energy · burst · discharge · generator · jammer · blackout · disruption · warfare
Prophesied world's end
- apocalypseTotal civilizational collapse
- prepperOne who stockpiles for catastrophe
- survivalRemaining alive against odds
- blackoutComplete power loss
Ocean's Eleven · Matrix · heist · post-apocalyptic · collapse · dystopia · thriller · plot device
Abrupt increase in electrical potential
- surgeSudden powerful increase
- fryingCooking in shallow fat
- transistorSemiconductor signal switch
- semiconductorPartial electrical conductor
overload · burnout · grid failure · infrastructure · power grid · motherboard · capacitor · inductor
blast
Sudden forceful burst
- shieldingProtecting from harm
- Faraday cageConductive enclosure blocking fields
- hardeningBecoming less soft
non-nuclear · directed energy · burst · discharge · generator · jammer · blackout · disruption · warfare · military
doomsday
Prophesied world's end
- apocalypseTotal civilizational collapse
- prepperOne who stockpiles for catastrophe
- survivalRemaining alive against odds
blackout · Ocean's Eleven · Matrix · heist · post-apocalyptic · collapse · dystopia · thriller · plot device · catastrophe
voltage spike
Abrupt increase in electrical potential
- surgeSudden powerful increase
- fryingCooking in shallow fat
- transistorSemiconductor signal switch
semiconductor · overload · burnout · grid failure · infrastructure · power grid · motherboard · capacitor · inductor · copper coil
grenade
Handheld thrown explosive
vehicles · turrets · shields · stun · loadout · Call of Duty · Halo · Cyberpunk · sci-fi · radius
employee
Hired organizational member
- emperorMale ruler of empire
- empireDomain under unified control
- empiricalBased on observation, not theory
emphasis · empathy · empower · employment · empress · empanada · empowerment · employ · empty · EMT
- electricityelectricity, battery, batteries, wire, wires
- electrical problemspower failure, power loss, power outage, outage, blackout
- Preppingbug out bag, bug-out bag, go bag, stockpile, stockpiling
- The MatrixNeo, Morpheus, Trinity, Agent Smith, red pill
- Cyber Warfarecyber warfare, cyber attack, cyberattack, electronic warfare, information warfare
- KillstreaksUAV, AC-130, Gunship, Harrier, VTOL
Non-WMD military armament
bullet · missile strike · explosive · bomb · blunt force
EMPFaraday cage
Conductive enclosure blocking fields
surge protector · system reboot · backup generator · redundant systems · power grid
- EMP attackPulse destroying electronics
- EMP weaponDevice disabling electronics electromagnetically