phaser
Americannoun
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a device or software that changes a sound by copying it, filtering and shifting different parts of the signal by different amounts, and playing the copy back over the original.
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(in science fiction) an energy weapon that often has the power to either stun or kill.
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He also worked closely with television producers and built props for popular shows, including the Starfleet phaser rifle, which could stun or disintegrate living creatures, for the original “Star Trek” series.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2021
In addition to his toys, Mr. Klamer designed TV props, including a phaser rifle for “Star Trek” that sold at auction for $231,000 in 2013.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 16, 2021
Cerritos returns doing “the million little things that keep the ship going” and hey look at the phaser rifle!
From The Verge ● Sep. 12, 2021
Nerd alert: “There's a scene in which I'm holding a communicator and a phaser and I say, ‘Energize.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2017
I have an itchy phaser finger — who doesn’t? — so I was drawn to a case containing Starfleet firearms across the centuries.
From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2016
There are phasers, communicators and tricorders from “Star Trek: The Original Series” from the 1960s, in addition to many costumes, including the formal dress tunic William Shatner wore as “Captain Kirk.”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 7, 2023
“That’s not the case — we’ve got our phasers set to win and if anyone’s got green, it’s us!”
From The Verge ● Feb. 25, 2021
Set phasers to newsworthy: Paramount Pictures announced on Wednesday that it has two more Star Trek movies on the way, including one from Quentin Tarantino, but now new details are emerging about the other.
From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2018
Facebook Twitter Pinterest Spock and Bones are down on the planet firing phasers, but there are two noticeable things.
From The Guardian ● May 21, 2016
Rafik showed them the new designs he’d been sketching for Star Trek phasers.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
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