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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(science fiction) A weapon that fires a beam of extremely high temperature..
Near-synonyms: ray-gun, ray gun, death ray, energy weapon
In the other cases the shells had missed, and the batteries had been at once annihilated by the Heat-Rays. Heavy losses of soldiers were mentioned[.]
Use heat-ray when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Heat-ray means (science fiction) A weapon that fires a beam of extremely high temperature..
Common synonyms include ray-gun, ray gun, death ray, energy weapon.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Near-synonyms: ray-gun, ray gun, death ray, energy weapon
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