laser vision

Eyes that cut

Laser vision is a superpower from comics and science fiction—the ability to emit destructive beams of light from one's eyes: Superman's laser vision could melt steel.

Figuratively, it describes intensely focused perception or attention: She fixed him with laser vision until he confessed.

Also called heat vision.

Related
  • beamStructural support member
  • retinaLight-sensing tissue layer
  • SupermanMetropolis's flying defender
  • eyeOrgan of sight
  • heatTransferred thermal energy

precision · superhero · optic · ray · focus · cornea · zap · infrared · surgery · LASIK · targeting · scan · pupil · correction · lens · eye exam · piercing · death stare

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Opposites
visual acuity/precision

laser visionblurred vision

Unclear visual perception

poor eyesight · nearsightedness · myopia · blindness · farsightedness

visual superpower type

laser visionx-ray vision

Ability to see through walls

heat vision · night vision · infrared vision · echolocation

natural vs. enhanced sight

laser visionnormal vision

Unimpaired sight capacity

naked eye

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G