Teleportation

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  • noun. A hypothetical method of transportation in which matter is converted into minute particles or into energy at one point and re-created in original form at another.
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  • noun. Any of many (mostly hypothetical or fictional) processes of moving matter from one spatial point to another without physically crossing the space in-between and which are often depicted or described as happening instantaneously, and through dematerialization or gateways.
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  • noun. a hypothetical mode of instantaneous transportation; matter is dematerialized at one place and recreated at another
  • Word Usage
    "When teleportation is not available I'd probably install weaponry that permanently incapacitates the intruders, preferably by decapitation."
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