Is it possible to create a weapon out of lasers?

Question: Is it possible to create a weapon out of lasers?
- Keywords:
  invention,
  laser,
  weapons
Asked by anon-247111 to Jesse on 12 Mar 2020.
- Jesse Dykes answered on 12 Mar 2020:
  
  It is indeed, these wouldn’t look like anything out of star wars but would be very different to any kind of weapon ever before developed in human history. A lot of people are very interested in this, not only to have, but to have defences against.

Question: Is it possible to create a weapon out of lasers?