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Raygun
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This article is about the fictional weapons. For various real weapons which are similar to rayguns, see Directed-energy weapon. For other uses, see Raygun (disambiguation).
"Laser blaster" redirects here. For the laser version of a sandblaster, see laser ablation.
A raygun is a science-fiction directed-energy weapon usually with destructive effect.[1] They have various names: ray gun, death ray, beam gun, blaster, laser gun, laser pistol, phaser, zap gun, etc. In most stories a raygun emits a ray usually lethal if it hits a human target, often destructive if it hits mechanical objects, with properties and other effects unspecified or varying.
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Real-world analogues are directed-energy weapons or electrolasers: electroshock weapons which send current along an electrically conductive laser-induced plasma channel.[citation needed]