energy blasts

Forceful luminous attacks

Energy blasts are fictional projectiles of concentrated power fired from a character's hands, eyes, or weapons—a staple of superhero comics, video games, and science fiction.

The term describes any directed burst of destructive force, whether magical, technological, or biological in origin: The villain deflected the energy blast with his shield.

Characters who shoot energy blasts rarely need ammunition; the power typically emanates from within.

Related

shockwave · fireball · spirit bomb · bolt · burst · pulse · zap · raygun · superhero · discharge · explosion · concussive · force push · photon · ki · muzzle · recoil · channeling

Categories
Opposites
attack type

energy blastshand-to-hand combat

Fighting without distance weapons

grappling · close-quarters combat · body blows · bludgeoning · fistfighting

combat approach

energy blastsenergy absorption

Capturing kinetic force internally

force fields · defensive barriers · absorption · blocking · deflection

power manifestation

energy blastsentropy

Quantified chaos in systems

powerlessness · conventional weapons

Family

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Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG