"psionic" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /saɪˈɒn.ɪk/ [UK]
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} psionic (not comparable)
  1. Of or relating to psionics. Tags: not-comparable Translations (of or relating to psionics): 靈能的 /灵能的 (língnéng de) (Chinese Mandarin), 幽能的 (yōunéng de) (Chinese Mandarin), psionique [feminine, masculine] (French), psionisch [rare] (German), pszionikus (Hungarian), psiónico (Spanish)
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          "text": "Again the Krithian females struck against him, battering his shields again and again, smashing through them, tearing them down one after the other, forcing piercing lances of psionic force through them and into him.",
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