Full record for energy weapon n.

Definition	a weapon that fires a beam of energy
OED requirements	antedating 1941
Earliest cite	A.E. van Vogt, The Seesaw
Comment	Mike Christie submitted a 1941 cite from A.E. van Vogt's "The Seesaw". Mike Christie submitted a 1944 cite from Frank Belknap Long's "Bridgehead". Michael Dolbear submitted a cite from a 1997 reprint of David Weber's 1996 "Honor Among Enemies". Ralf Brown located and Fred Galvin verified a 1977 cite from Donald Moffitt's "The Jupiter Theft". Ralf Brown located and Daniel Frankham verified a cite from a 1981 reprint of Damien Broderick's 1980 "The Dreaming Dragons". Douglas Winston submitted a cite from a reprint of Harry Harrison's "The Stainless Steel Rat"; Mike Christie verified the cite in the 1960 first magazine appearance. Jeff Prucher submitted a cite from a 2002 reprint of Iain M. Banks' 2000 "Look to Windward"
Last modified	24 June, 2009

Citations for energy weapon n.

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1996 D. Weber Honor Among Enemies (1997) 488	Another light-second and a half, and she could bring the Manty under fire with her energy weapons.
2003 I. M. Banks Look To Windward iv. 70	They ran out into the rain; the building behind them burned and slumped and fell, turned to glowing slag by the energy weapons.