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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, specter |
| Type of | disembodied spirit, spirit |
| Has types | flying dutchman |
Examples of spectre
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With the spectre of world recession looming, investment managers remain prudent.
From the economist.com
I was a spectre spectating the grand charade, in the know about the cosmic joke.
From the arcane-reveries.blogspot.com
That raises the spectre of putting a nuclear-armed Pakistan at odds with Israel.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Twelve months on, it is not the spectre of ghosts that face us, but bulldozers.
From the telegraph.co.uk
One way or another, the spectre of Michael was bound to affect the younger man.
From the independent.co.uk
This raises the spectre of mass expulsions on a scale not seen since the 1990s.
From the economist.com
But as she takes on one final case, a spectre from her past returns to haunt her.
From the independent.co.uk
Courage is needed in these dark times if we are to banish this spectre of racism.
From the nzherald.co.nz
The first reason is the spectre of WWI hanging over most of Europe at the time.
From the economist.com
- Apparition: a ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us"
- Ghost: a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"
- SPECTRE (SPecial Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion) is a fictional global terrorist organization featured in the James Bond novels by Ian Fleming, the films based on those novels, and James Bond video games. ...
- Spectre is a 1982 computer game for the Apple II family of computers, written by Bob Flanagan and Scott Miller and published by Datamost.
- Specter is a fictional character from the 1978 Battlestar Galactica television series. Specter is commander of the Attila Garrison on a Delta class planet in the Omega sector. Specter is introduced to the series in "The Young Lords" episode.
- The Spectre in William Blake's mythology is one aspect of the fourfold nature of the human psyche. It is introduced in Blake's prophetic book Jerusalem: Elsewhere in Jerusalem, Blake defines it this way: The Spectre is the Reasoning Power in Man, and when separated from Imagination and closing ...
- The Spectre is a fictional mystic entity and superhero who has appeared in numerous comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in a next issue ad in More Fun Comics #51 (January 1940) and received his first story the next month, #52 (February 1940). ...
- In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the spectre is an undead creature.
- Spectre is a 1977 made-for-television movie produced by Gene Roddenberry. It was co-written by Roddenberry and Samuel A. Peeples, and directed by Clive Donner.
