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- noun Alternative spelling of
death ray .
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Examples
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“Even as we speak, Dr. Insidious might be building a deathray or a weather-control device!”
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » 2008 » December 2008
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“Even as we speak, Dr. Insidious might be building a deathray or a weather-control device!”
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » 2008 » December » 28 2008
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“Even as we speak, Dr. Insidious might be building a deathray or a weather-control device!”
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In other matters I think what is far more disturbing is his nipple powered deathray that he's toting under his arm there.
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With a mobile pyramid and solar powered deathray wandering the
Red 5 Comics Solicitations for December 2007 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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Nevermind tinfoil beanies, here's the anti-deathray shirts
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OK, the deathray is now aligned on Google headquarters.
Caption contest 2007
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Contributors to scientifiction magazines burst bloodvessels happily turning out ten thousand words a day describing their heroes 'adventures amid the red grass of Mars or the blue grass of Venus after they had singlehanded -- with the help of a deathray and the heroine's pure love -- conquered the green grass of Tellus.
Greener Than You Think Ward Moore 1940
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Le ffaçasé turned the deathray of his left eye on him.
Greener Than You Think Ward Moore 1940
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The jailer did not hurry, because if the inventor of a deathray committed suicide, everybody would feel better.
The Pirates of Ersatz Murray Leinster 1935
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