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Blaster - What does it mean?

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blaster

English

Alternative forms

* (science fiction weapon) blastor

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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. }}

    Hypernyms

    * (science fiction weapon) energy weapon, ray gun

    Coordinate terms

    * (science fiction weapon) death ray, phaser

    Derived terms

    * ghetto blaster

    Anagrams

    * * * * English agent nouns

    Not English

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