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Deterrent example
Deterrent example
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Noun
1
punishment intended as a warning to others
"they decided to make an example of him"
example
deterrent example
lesson
object lesson
Broader Terms
(hypernyms)
admonition
Rhyming Words
ple
caple
tiple
ample
duple
tuple
diple
apple
maple
kipple
people
ripple
temple
marple
hopple
meeple
semple
popple
topple
sipple
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