Thesaurus results for SPECTER

specter

noun

ˈspek-tər

variants or spectre

as in haunt

the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people feeling so terrified that every shadow became a specter

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Recent Examples on the Web Advertisement The specter of nuclear threats and confrontation has hung over the war in Ukraine since its start. —

Edith M. Lederer and Jennifer Peltz, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2024 Shindo’s black-and-white cinematography transforms the vast grasslands into a claustrophobic maze, with characters appearing and disappearing like specters. —

Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024 The specter of everything that happens in the last movie is there. —

Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Sep. 2024 Feinstein’s legacy stirs debate Throughout the debate, the political specter of the woman whose seat Schiff and Garvey are vying for loomed large. —

Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for specter

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