spoiler alert

noun

: a reviewer's warning that a plot spoiler is about to be revealed

Examples of spoiler alert in a Sentence

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Fez memorably ended Season 2 (spoiler alert) with a dramatic shoot-out with the police, during which he was wounded and then arrested. Radhika Seth, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2025 By jumping forward to 1994 and Gacy’s — spoiler alert — execution, the finale is able to bring together many of the survivors and family members of the victims for what could almost be a one-act play meditating on the ethical and spiritual thorniness of the death penalty. Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025 Stewart herself is certainly no stranger to starring in movies that are a little off the wall; Love Lies Bleeding, famously, ended with (spoiler alert) what basically amounted to a giantess fantasy sequence. James Factora, Them., 7 Oct. 2025 And, spoiler alert, my heroine, Abby, returns as well. Sarah Mlynowski, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for spoiler alert

Word History

First Known Use

1982, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of spoiler alert was in 1982

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“Spoiler alert.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spoiler%20alert. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.

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