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spectre
spectre UK UK (US specter) /ˈspek.tər/ aep /-tɚ/ noun
the spectre of sth1 F0 the idea of something unpleasant that might happen in the future: » The awful spectre of civil war looms over the country.» Drought and war have raised the spectre of food shortages for up to 24 million African people.Thesaurus+: ↑Predicting things and intuition2 F0 [C] LITERARY a GHOST(Cf. ↑ghost) (SPIRIT) Thesaurus+: ↑Souls, spirits and ghosts |