shrink ray

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Noun

shrink ray (plural shrink rays)

  1. A fictional device that shrinks objects to a smaller size.
    Hypernyms: device < object
    Coordinate term: death ray
    On this episode of Interstellar Voyagers From Uranus, our heroes encounter a planet where aliens have built shrink rays that threaten to trap them inside a terrarium as the aliens' pets!
  2. A fictional ray of energy or influence, or beam of radiation, that emanates from such a device.
    Hypernyms: ray, beam
    Coordinate term: death ray
    On this episode of Interstellar Voyagers From Uranus, our heroes encounter a planet where shrink rays threaten to trap them inside a terrarium as an alien's pets!

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