"death ray" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: death rays [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} death ray (plural death rays)
  1. (science fiction) A beam of radiation that can kill. Translations (ray beam): kuolemansäde (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-death_ray-en-noun-en:beam_of_radiation_that_can_kill Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, Science fiction, Radiation Disambiguation of Radiation: 98 2 Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction Disambiguation of 'ray beam': 66 34
  2. (science fiction) A weapon that emits such a ray: a ray gun. Related terms: cosmic ray, gamma ray, x-ray
    Sense id: en-death_ray-en-noun-en:device_as_weapon Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, Science fiction, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Weapons Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Weapons: 13 87 Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Energy Disambiguation of Energy: 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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