example

noun [C] (PUNISHMENT)

/ɪɡˈzæm·pəl/

Definition

› (a person who receives) a punishment that is intended to warn others against doing the thing that is being punished: The judge made an example of him and sentenced him to prison.

(Definition of example noun (PUNISHMENT) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to get rid of something or someone that is not wanted or needed

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