Dread and Gate

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Dread noun - Suspicion or fear of future harm or misfortune.

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Gate and dread are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Gate" instead a noun "Dread".

Nearby Words: dreadful, dreadfully, dreaded, dreading, dreader

Gate noun - A barrier by which an entry is closed and opened.

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Dread and gate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dread" instead a noun "Gate".

Nearby Words: gat, gateway, gated, gatehouse, gating

old	old dread	old gate
complete	complete dread	complete gate
true	true dread	true gate
enormous	enormous dread	enormous gate
Other adjectives: ominous, personal, hidden, mysterious.

Scarecrow Solution: "The Dread Pirate Roberts" rig that Fezzik wears to terrify the Florinese soldiers guarding the castle gate.

Source: Literature / The Princess Bride
The image of a ten foot tall floating man on fire claiming to be the Dread Pirate Roberts who leaves no survivors is enough to scare the sixty men guarding the gate.

Source: Incendiary Exponent
In Andre Norton's Dread Companion, Kosgro, offered "a gate", objected and demands the gates they came through, which they get, putting them back where they started.

Source: Exact Words / Literature

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