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spec·tre

   [spek-ter]
noun Chiefly British.
specter.
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  • The grim spectre of political partisanship may be threatening the peace and harmony of family.
  • Failure to raise it could force huge spending cuts or even raise the spectre of default.
  • We will walk without the spectre of hypocrisy to haunt our footfalls.
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spectre or (US) specter (ˈspɛktə)
 
—n
1.  a ghost; phantom; apparition
2.  a mental image of something unpleasant or menacing: the spectre of redundancy
 
[C17: from Latin spectrum, from specere to look at]
 
specter or (US) specter
 
—n
 
[C17: from Latin spectrum, from specere to look at]

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spectre
British spelling of specter (q.v.); for suffix, see -re.
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