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name
Acronym of personnel halting and stimulation response, a non-lethal laser weapon technology that causes temporary blindness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Topics: engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: APL, LASER
noun
A gun or rifle implementing PHASR technology.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: phaser
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: APL, laser, raygun
History
From the fictional Star Trek weapon technology, the phaser.
