Search Result for "deterrent example":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. punishment intended as a warning to others;
- Example: "they decided to make an example of him"
[syn: example, deterrent example, lesson, object lesson]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

deterrent example
    n 1: punishment intended as a warning to others; "they decided
         to make an example of him" [syn: example, deterrent
         example, lesson, object lesson]