death ray
Sci-fi weapon beam
A death ray is a hypothetical directed-energy weapon that kills by projecting a beam of destructive energy.
The concept emerged in early science fiction and persists in pulp adventure and comic-book contexts: The mad scientist threatened the city with his death ray.
Real-world military research into directed-energy weapons has kept the term loosely relevant, though actual devices rarely match the dramatic instant-kill beams of fiction.
Fictional energy weapon
- blasterEnergy-shooting firearm
- disintegratorDevice that breaks matter apart
- phaserFictional beam weapon
- zapperDevice that destroys pests
pulp · space opera · mad scientist · doomsday device · supervillain · Tesla · Archimedes · laser
Directed energy armament
- energy weaponDevice firing focused radiation
- laser weaponDevice firing focused light
- particle beamFocused subatomic projectile flow
- emitterThing that gives off
directed energy · heat beam · targeting · firing · discharge · charge · intensity · power source
Utter, complete destruction
- obliterationTotal destruction or erasure
- vaporizationConversion to gas
- disintegrationProcess of breaking apart
- incinerationBurning waste to ash
atomization · devastation · eradication · pulverization · destruction · beam · blast · zap
Suggesting something bad approaches
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
- lethalCausing or capable of death
- fearsomeCausing intense alarm
- terrifyingEvoking extreme fear
threatening · dangerous · unstoppable · powerful · aimed · pointed · activated · countdown
raygun
Fictional energy weapon
- blasterEnergy-shooting firearm
- disintegratorDevice that breaks matter apart
- phaserFictional beam weapon
zapper · pulp · space opera · mad scientist · doomsday device · supervillain · Tesla · Archimedes · laser · plasma cannon
beam weapon
Directed energy armament
- energy weaponDevice firing focused radiation
- laser weaponDevice firing focused light
- particle beamFocused subatomic projectile flow
directed energy · heat beam · emitter · targeting · firing · discharge · charge · intensity · power source · range
annihilation
Utter, complete destruction
- obliterationTotal destruction or erasure
- vaporizationConversion to gas
- disintegrationProcess of breaking apart
incineration · atomization · devastation · eradication · pulverization · destruction · beam · blast · zap · target
ominous
Suggesting something bad approaches
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
- lethalCausing or capable of death
- fearsomeCausing intense alarm
terrifying · threatening · dangerous · unstoppable · powerful · aimed · pointed · activated · countdown · ultimatum
- Fictional ObjectsExcalibur, magic carpet, invisibility cloak, Mjolnir, One Ring
- Mad Scientistmad scientist, secret lab, lab coat, laboratory, evil genius
- rayssunray, stingray, giant manta
- sci-fi comedySpaceballs, Galaxy Quest, Futurama, sci-fi parody, Marvin
- sci-fi techteleporter, time travel, cryonics, force fields, time machine
- spellsspell, cast, conjure, curse, enchantment
death raylaser pointer
Handheld focused beam emitter
flashlight · penlight · reading lamp · nightlight · glow stick
death, ray, deadly, deaths, radiate, radiation, deathly, deathless, dead