Blaster - What does it mean?
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Anything that, or anyone who blasts.
A device to detonate an explosive, often consisting of a box with a handle to be pressed down.
(science fiction) An unspecified powerful hand weapon, usually one that fires energy.
* {{quote-magazine
, year = 1938
, date = April
, first = Henry
, last = Kuttner
, authorlink = Henry Kuttner
, magazine =
, title = Hollywood on the Moon
, volume = 11
, issue = 2
, page = 26
, passage = Blast out the lakes and canals—whittle down the peaks and mounds with atomic blasters —file them into the shape of gigantic buildings.
}}
* {{quote-magazine
, year = 1939
, date = June
, first = Jack
, last = Williamson
, authorlink = Jack Williamson
, magazine =
, title = One Against the Legion
, volume = 23
, issue = 4
, page = 138
, passage = One slender hand clung near a singular jewel, like a great white snow crystal, that hung from her throat. And the other, with a practiced and familiar grip, held a barytron blaster' of the newest legion design. An unwilling little glisten had come into the violet eyes. Her blond head flung angrily. She caught her breath, and lifted the barytron ' blaster . Its bright tube pointed straight between his shoulders. He would never even know.
}}