Evil Ray isn't so far off.
The literal translation for the attack is "Demon's Penetrating Killing Light Gun".
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.They mention that it's one of the few named techniques that actually managed to kill someone, so I'v been thinking back on that and I think it's true. While lots of people across the DB series have died, very few of them have died to anything resembling a signature technique (something someone has done many times before) or even a named one for that matter. Lots of characters (especially in the Red Ribbon arc) were killed by casual efforts, like Tao Pai Pai killing Blue with a tongue to the temple and then throwing Bora in the air and impaling him on his own spear. Tao himself was killed by his own grenade. but if we go in order:
- Goku kills Tambourine (winged dude who killed Krillin) with a Kamehameha. The first time I think a specific name technique kills someone;
- Piccolo kills Raditz and Goku with the Makankosappo / Special Beam Canon. Already mentioned here. It's named, but kinda disappears after this first use.
- Krillin kills the Saibamen with the Scattering Bullet
(although I don't think this one was ever named in the series so it may not count.
- Vegeta kills Android 19 with the Big Bang Attack.
- Gohan kills Perfect Cell with the Kamehameha (that's two for the Son family, the Turtle Hermit school and it's signature attack).
- Goku kills Pure Kid Majin Buu (or whatever we're calling the little crazy Buu now) with the Spirit Bomb.
The rest of the time, attacks that either unnamed (and probably generic blasts that kill a bitch anyway) or named attacks that promptly fail to do anything.
And now, for every troper to raise from wherever they may be (even if it's the grave) to prove me wrong....which I'm ok with. Best way to learn really.
One Strip! One Strip!Cell came back from blowing himself up (and didn't even know he could).
Buu was literally turned to smoke and still came back.
Yeah, they're both pretty bullshit.
One Strip! One Strip!yeah, but cell was really close to die in that moment, something it never happen when he become perfect cell.
Now, majin boo? he is uther bullshit in that way.
I have to admit it, I LOVE majin boo as villian by how out of the ballpark was in dragon ball standars, since I feel cell is just freezer 0,2 and hell zamasu feel the same way.
"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"

Apparently, it's been said right here on one of the many DB threads (most likely the anime thread). I know we've discussed it and that's where I first heard it, but I can't remember who stated it.
I'll likely have to look up the manga to see what he says about it exactly though. Maybe check out the scene in all versions of the anime as well.
One Strip! One Strip!