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ectoblaster

ectoblaster noun: a fictional energy weapon designed to destroy or capture ghosts.

Noun

ectoblaster (plural ectoblasters)

  1. A fictional energy weapon designed to destroy or capture ghosts.
    • A scaly hand grabbed Gloom's ecto-blaster and pulled it from its holster. A second ugly Ghoul examined the weapon closely.2010, Andrew Newbound, Ghoul Strike!, Scholastic Inc., →ISBN, page 174
    • […] whether he's a prize bare-knuckle fighter who'll beat me to paste then chew off my nose, whether he's an ex-Nazi sympathiser with a secret Thule Society ectoblaster instead of a cock[…]2011 July 21, Simon Spurrier, Contract, Hachette UK, →ISBN

Forms of ectoblaster

pluralectoblasters
alternative formecto-blaster

Origin of ectoblaster

From ecto- + blaster, likely originally coined to describe the "proton packs" and "neutrona wands" in the movie Ghostbusters (1984).

Questions about ectoblaster

What does ectoblaster mean?
Ectoblaster means a fictional energy weapon designed to destroy or capture ghosts.
What part of speech is ectoblaster?
Ectoblaster is a noun.
What is the plural of ectoblaster?
The plural of ectoblaster is ectoblasters.

Words near ectoblaster in the dictionary

  1. ectobiids
  2. ectobiont
  3. ectobionts
  4. ectobiotic
  5. ectoblast
  6. ectoblaster
  7. ectoblasters
  8. ectoblastic
  9. ectoblasts
  10. ectobronchium
  11. ectocanthion

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