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What does or else mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word or else? Here's what it means.

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  1. otherwise or as an alternative
  2. (idiomatic) no matter what (implies an unspecified threat)
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A simple glass-topped table on stainless steel legs, or else an antique oak top and metal base are likely to be popular.
Other candidates either showed no detectable wobble, or else the results were indeterminate.
But everyone else was also entering into dangerous enemy territory, so Cat and her comrades had to stay sharp or else get left behind.
The housing must be perfectly level and secure or else the fan may make excessive noise.
And either there aren't any facts or else I can't keep them in my fool head.
The males then try to mate with the labellum or else lift it as they would a female wasp.

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