Synonyms of lasers

lasers

noun

plural of laser

as in spotlights

a device that produces a narrow and powerful stream of light that has many special uses in medicine, industry, etc.

doctors using a laser to perform delicate eye surgery

Related Words

• spotlights
• beams
• rays
• shafts
• sunbeams
• moonbeams
• sunbursts

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of lasers

There was a defiant mood in the crowd, with a handful of protesters targeting the police with lasers. — Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026

The company’s latest hardware, called Helios, rotates the ions around a ring, selectively shifting the appropriate ones into one of two arms where measurements and operations of the ions’ quantum states can be performed using lasers. — ArsTechnica, 20 Oct. 2026

The project represents a €6 million (approximately $6,740,400) investment to develop femtosecond lasers. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026

Tiny droplets of the molten tin are fired out of a cannon into a vacuum chamber, where they are shot—sixty thousand times a second—by unerring lasers. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

Burning fireballs, liquids, lasers and ferrofluid were also filmed to provide starting points for the microscopic effects. — Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 18 Oct. 2026

Where previous attempts required building arrays of external lasers that had to be connected to processing chips, Lightmatter Guide chips are built with its Very Large Scale Photonics light engine on board. — Rob Pegoraro, Time, 15 Oct. 2026

For more serious scarring, dermatologists can recommend more aggressive treatments such as lasers that probe deeper into the skin. — Adithi Ramakrishnan, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026

Two to three suspects demanded victims' belongings at gunpoint using firearms equipped with lasers, police said. — ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026