Collocations for spectre - noun
ADJ.
terrible | old | constant
VERB + SPECTRE
evoke, raise
Wall Street''s collapse raised spectres of the 1987 stock market crash.
Wall Street''s collapse raised spectres of the 1987 stock market crash.
banish
SPECTRE + VERB
hang over sb/sth, haunt sb/sth, hover over sb/sth, loom (over sb/sth)
PREP.
~ of
The terrible spectre of civil war hung over the country once again.
The terrible spectre of civil war hung over the country once again.