deadly gaze
Eyes that murder
A deadly gaze is a look capable of killing—literally in mythology and fantasy, where creatures like basilisks or Medusa could turn victims to stone with their eyes.
More commonly, it describes an intensely hostile or withering stare: She fixed him with a deadly gaze that ended the argument.
The phrase suggests concentrated menace conveyed through eye contact alone.
- stareProlonged fixed gaze
- glareFierce stare or brightness
- basiliskReptile that kills by looking
- medusaFree-swimming cnidarian form
- turn to stoneBecome rigid mineral matter
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