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"(science fiction, transitive) To shoot with a phaser weapon."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"topics": [
"literature",
"media",
"publishing",
"science-fiction"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈfeɪzɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
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"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-phaser.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/37/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-phaser.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-phaser.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/37/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-phaser.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-phaser.wav.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-eɪzə(ɹ)"
},
{
"homophone": "phasor"
},
{
"homophone": "PHASR"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "phase"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"en:phaser"
],
"word": "phaser"
}
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