Devil and Phantom

Devil

Devil noun - An evil spirit.

Usage example: acted as if possessed by some devil

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Phantom and devil are semantically related In some cases you can use "Phantom" instead a noun "Devil".

Phantom noun - The soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people.

Usage example: Halloween is supposed to be a time when phantoms return to walk among us

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Devil and phantom are semantically related in evil spirit topic. Sometimes you can use "Devil" instead a noun "Phantom".

old	old devil	old phantom
female	female devil	female phantom
current	current devil	current phantom
original	original devil	original phantom
Other adjectives: single, annoying, powerful, real, black, mechanical, former, titular, giant, previous, eponymous.

Towards the end of Phantom of the Paradise, we learn that Swan made a deal with the devil to stay youthful forever and to be a super-successful record producer.

Source: Deal With The Devil / Film
Fun with Acronyms: Riffing off the original Phantom's wolf, Devil, Enforcer Cruz has a cyborg police dog named D.V.L.

Source: Western Animation / Phantom 2040
Devil May Cry is pretty simple for the first two stages... and then Phantom shows up at the end of the third stage and mauls you.

Source: Difficulty Spike

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