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object lesson

NOUN
  1. punishment intended as a warning to others
    they decided to make an example of him

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  • The bombardment of the GPO had fascinated MacMurrough: the annunciatory puffs of smoke and the flames that roared to greet them; then the crashing gun’s report, the shell’s eruption—an illogical sequence, effect before cause, an object lesson in the madness of war. At Swim, Two Boys
  • The way ants work is an object lesson in order and organization.
  • The uncluttered arrangements make a perfect fit with Haggard's direct and soulful singing - an object lesson all round.
  • The share price performance is an object lesson on what happens when a star performer disappoints. Times, Sunday Times
  • It was an object lesson in how to use television as a means of persuasion.
  • The civil rights revolution of the 1960s presents the relevant object lesson.
  • The plans are an object lesson in how to ruin a city centre.
  • The way ants work is an object lesson in order and organization.
  • Let this accident be an object lesson in the dangers of drinking and driving.
  • The healthcare summit was an object lesson.
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