1.   An antimissile laser destroyed an armed Katyusha rocket in flight during a test in New Mexico on Tuesday, the U.S. Army said Wednesday.

2.   He tried to examine the fibers through a confocal microscope, but its intense laser light destroyed the specimens.

3.   One child had a large tumor in the area of central vision, which had to be destroyed by laser.

4.   Some researchers speculate that the lasers destroyed the nerve fibers that transmit the pain.

5.   The laser would destroy not the whole object, but a small corner of it, sending vaporized material shooting off like a tiny rocket exhaust.

6.   The laser usually destroys its targets by subjecting them to intense heat.

7.   The laser destroys only the blood clot and does not damage the vessel wall.