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Meanings of
specter
in English
Portuguese
fantasma
Catalan
aparició
Spanish
aparición
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A ghostly appearing figure.
phantom
apparition
spectre
phantasm
phantasma
fantasm
Portuguese
fantasma
Portuguese
espectro
Catalan
espectre
Spanish
espectro
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A mental representation of some haunting experience.
ghost
shade
spook
wraith
Portuguese
espectro
Usage of
specter
in English
1
Now, the immigrants claim, certain units remain haunted by this chemical
specter
.
2
One clawed foot came up and down and destroyed a second
specter
.
3
Theism might almost retort the apologue of the
specter
of the Brocken.
4
The comments raise the
specter
of harsher action in Congress against Facebook.
5
It has raised the
specter
of increasingly unpredictable and volatile labor action.
6
It was no sheeted
specter
,
you understand; it was Frances, literally she.
7
Yet the
specter
's
robe rippled, buffeted by a draft that wasn't there.
8
Ten years on, the
specter
of Nola and her kidnapping had faded.
9
Another worrisome
specter
for privacy advocates is Google's use of tracking cookies.
10
Everyone has their ways of coping with the brutal
specter
of mortality.
11
Kelvin's directional geology did not invoke the paroxysmal
specter
of traditional catastrophism.
12
At his shoulder stood young Carl Bristoll, as pallid as a
specter
.
13
If all this raises the
specter
of Big Brother, well, that's understandable.
14
Still, the
specter
of additional lock-in may cause customers to shy away.
15
Visions of discovery bonuses fading before the
specter
of a dead man?
16
There is no
specter
of a looming supply crisis, Attiyah said.
Other examples for "specter"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
specter
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
raise the specter
dark specter
gaunt specter
ghastly specter
loom specter
More collocations
Translations for
specter
Portuguese
fantasma
espectro
sombra
Catalan
aparició
fantasma
espectre
Spanish
aparición
fantasma
espectro
wraith
sombra
Specter
through the time
Specter
across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common