All the bacon in the world couldn't save you now

All the bacon in the world couldn't save you now

'cause IT'S A LASER

IT'S A LASER

IT'S A LASER

IT'S A LASER

...Ahem. In all seriousness, light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation. A coherent beam of focused light, often but not always of a single narrow wavelength, used in applications from signaling to cutting tools in manufacturing to presentation pointers to surveying to weaponry.