A single short burst was followed by a longer one, and a beam of intense light sliced through the vegetation directly to my left.

A sizzling beam of energy sliced through the air where he had been standing seconds before.

A car pulled into the parking lot; the headlights' bright beams sliced across them.

The blue beam sliced through a small stone near his instep, cutting it precisely in half.

His shot was loud and bright, and an orange beam sliced toward the women.

As the beam of the Reaper sliced it in two, the stench increased.

The narrow blue beam sliced through the rifle's power cell, which flared into a small explosion.

Her primary beams sliced into and through one of the aliens' mobile moons.

The beam sliced through the darkness, striking Jade squarely in the back.

A brilliant, laserlike beam sliced through the night, blinding her and Sam too.