Omen
Omen noun - Something believed to be a sign or warning of a future event.
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Predecessor and omen are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Predecessor" instead a noun "Omen".
Predecessor
Predecessor noun - Something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed.
Omen and predecessor are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Omen" instead a noun "Predecessor".
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- In American Beauty, Two Tanks Omen promotes a junior to number two, and orders him to kill his predecessor.
Source: Field Promotion - This is done to demonstrate a profound attachment the ship crew had to their old ship, or how illustrious the predecessor ship was, but simultaneously serves as a bad omen regarding the new ship's fate (or not).
Source: Legacy Vessel Naming
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