Dose and Ray

Dose

Dose noun - A measured portion of medicine taken at any one time.

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Ray and dose are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ray" instead a noun "Dose".

Nearby Words: dosed, dosing, dosage

Ray noun - A very small amount.

Usage example: the tapping sound ceased, extinguishing the last ray of hope that the trapped miners were still alive

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Dose and ray are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dose" instead a noun "Ray".

Nearby Words: rayed, raying, raye

good	good dose	good ray
special	special dose	special ray
normal	normal dose	normal ray
direct	direct dose	direct ray
Other adjectives: original, single, painful, small, actual, massive, large, big, great, concentrated, enormous, huge, tiny, deadly, lethal, last.

Velociripper makes matters even worse (for the antagonists, anyway) when he gives Vi a dose of his devolution ray, momentarily trapping her in her Tyrannosaurus rex form.

Source: Scaled Up
The ray's effects either blow the target up entirely (like with Sampson's helicopter) or just give them a lethal dose of radiation.

Source: Film / The Giant Behemoth
Played straight after Heather gets a dose of the genetic modifier ray.

Source: Webcomic / Spinnerette

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