"repulsor beam" meaning in English

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      "word": "tractor beam"
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  "etymology_text": "repulse + -or and beam, a beam that repulses.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "repulsor beams",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "repulsor beam (plural repulsor beams)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1958 November, Poul Anderson, “A Bicycle Built for Brew”, in Astounding Science Fiction, volume 62, number 3",
          "text": "Installed at the center of mass and set to repulsor-beam, this one would be able to move the entire planetoid from its orbit.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1987, Dorothy Catherine Fontana, “The Naked Now”, in Star Trek: The Next Generation, season 1, episode 3, spoken by Wesley Crusher (Wil Wheaton)",
          "text": "Hooked my model tractor beam into ship's power. Now it's a repulsor beam too. Want in?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1995 July 15, Umut Nurkan, “How does cloud city float?”, in rec.arts.sf.starwars (Usenet), message-ID <1995Jul14.190422.22468@hobbes.kzoo.edu>",
          "text": "I always wondered how cloud city in ESB stay afloat and does not fall? Is it some kind of repulsor beam, or what?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008 February 20, Iarnrod, “Re: WTC Towers: The case for controlled demolition”, in alt.conspiracy (Usenet)",
          "text": "No, that indicates a cloaked Romulan vessel with a repulsor beam.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "A device that emits an energy beam capable of pushing away other objects."
      ],
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        "(science fiction) A device that emits an energy beam capable of pushing away other objects."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "pressor beam"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "literature",
        "media",
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        "science-fiction"
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  ],
  "word": "repulsor beam"
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    {
      "word": "tractor beam"
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  "etymology_text": "repulse + -or and beam, a beam that repulses.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "repulsor beams",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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      "expansion": "repulsor beam (plural repulsor beams)",
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1958 November, Poul Anderson, “A Bicycle Built for Brew”, in Astounding Science Fiction, volume 62, number 3",
          "text": "Installed at the center of mass and set to repulsor-beam, this one would be able to move the entire planetoid from its orbit.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1987, Dorothy Catherine Fontana, “The Naked Now”, in Star Trek: The Next Generation, season 1, episode 3, spoken by Wesley Crusher (Wil Wheaton)",
          "text": "Hooked my model tractor beam into ship's power. Now it's a repulsor beam too. Want in?",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1995 July 15, Umut Nurkan, “How does cloud city float?”, in rec.arts.sf.starwars (Usenet), message-ID <1995Jul14.190422.22468@hobbes.kzoo.edu>",
          "text": "I always wondered how cloud city in ESB stay afloat and does not fall? Is it some kind of repulsor beam, or what?",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2008 February 20, Iarnrod, “Re: WTC Towers: The case for controlled demolition”, in alt.conspiracy (Usenet)",
          "text": "No, that indicates a cloaked Romulan vessel with a repulsor beam.",
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        "A device that emits an energy beam capable of pushing away other objects."
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        "(science fiction) A device that emits an energy beam capable of pushing away other objects."
      ],
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "pressor beam"
    }
  ],
  "word": "repulsor beam"
}