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Spectre Usspec•Ter)bre /ˈspektə(R)/Name /ˈspektər/Noun Sth) Something Unpleasant People Afraid Happen Future

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1 ~ (of sth) something unpleasant that people are afraid might happen in the future
The country is haunted by the spectre of civil war.
 These weeks of drought have once again raised the spectre of widespread famine.

2 (literary) a ghost
Was he a spectre returning to haunt her?

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