Full record for graser n.

Definition a device that produces a beam of gamma radiation, usually as an energy weapon. Acronym from gamma ray amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
OED requirements any evidence 1964
Earliest cite Wallace Cloud, "Science Newsfront"
Comment Brian Denehy submitted a cite from a 1999 reprint of David Weber's "On Basilisk Station".
Michael Dolbear submitted a 2004 cite from a reprint of Charles Stross's "Singularity Sky".
Michael Dolbear submitted a 2002 cite from a reprint of Alastair Reynolds's "Revelation Space".
Michael Dolbear located, and Malcolm Farmer verified, a 1974 cite from Harlan Ellison's "Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans: Latitude 38° 54' N, Longitude 77° 00' 13" W".
Douglas Winston submitted a 2004 cite from Wil McCarthy's "Lost in Transmission" Adam Buchbinder submitted a February 1964 cite from the "Science Newsfront" column in "Popular Science"

We would like further cites of any date from other authors (particularly from stories not set in the "Honor Harrington" universe)
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Citations for graser n.

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2002 A. Reynolds Redemption Ark xxv. 369 The yields were about one hundredth of a crustbuster burst, which was sufficient to power a particle beam or graser with a five-light-second kill range.
2004 W. McCarthy Lost in Transmission xxiii. 302 We can repel your grasers and nasen beams.
2006 N. Asher Polity Agent ix. 200 Massive weapons turrets protruded from it out into space: housing racks of missiles as large as attack ships; thinking bombs whose prime purpose had been to fight their way to exotic-metal hulls and detonate; particle-beam cannons gaping like cavern throats; rail-guns that could fill nearby space with swarms of ceramal projectiles travelling at near-c; lasers, grasers, masers.
2006 V. Vinge Rainbow's End xv. 168 NIR lasers are not for them. They want xlaser and graser gear, trillions of colors per path, and trillions of paths.