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death-ray

death-ray is the alternative spelling of death ray.

Meaning of death ray

Noun

death ray (plural death rays)

  1. A beam of radiation that can kill.
    • The evil aliens' death rays could not penetrate our mighty force fields!
  2. A weapon that emits such a ray: a ray gun.
    • Near-synonym: heat-ray
    Synonyms:
    heat-ray

Forms of death-ray

pluraldeath-rays

Questions about death-ray

What is death-ray the alternative spelling of?
Death-ray is the alternative spelling of death ray.

Words near death-ray in the dictionary

  1. death-pit
  2. death-price
  3. death-prices
  4. death-rattle
  5. death-rattles
  6. death-ray
  7. death-rays
  8. death-sough
  9. death-spiral
  10. death-spirals
  11. death-stare

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