反はん応のう兵へい器き

noun

reaction weapon; extremely powerful weapon

Science fiction term for a weapon of immense destructive power, often nuclear or beyond. The literal gloss 'reaction weapon' is a direct translation of the kanji.

• そのSF小しょう説せつでは、反はん応のう兵へい器きが惑わく星せいを一いっ瞬しゅんで消けし去さった。

  In that sci-fi novel, a reaction weapon instantly obliterated the planet.

• 反はん応のう兵へい器きの使し用ようは、作さく品ひん世せ界かいの軍ぐん事じバランスを大おおきく変かえた。

  The use of reaction weapons drastically changed the military balance in the fictional world.