Meaning of warning shot | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: A shot fired as a warning.
2. An action intended to act as a warning.
   broadly, figuratively

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Examples

“[…] As it happened, she did. The complete⟳ absence of heavenly bodies in the Nevermeant had given her no end⟳ of time to spend⟳ on other esoteric subjects. The Black Lord recited what it saw⟳, and when it was done, the astronomer recited the message back. "CHANGE⟳ YOUR WAYS. THIS IS A WARNING SHOT." A beam of intense energy arced from the aperture, which vanished in the instant before a glowing red hole was punched through the Black Lord's forehead. It fell to the observatory tiles, bleeding black blood and melted porcelain, gurgling softly.”

“I believe⟳ that most members of Congress interpreted these ads as a warning shot rather than an effective grass roots mobilization tool.”

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