spectacularize en · VERB
Etymology
From spectacular + -ize.
Meanings
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(transitive) To make spectacular.
While I believe that the documentary format is a crucial part of media journalism, I think it in dubious taste to tell this particular set of stories in a context so full of spectacularizing visual tricks and special effects.
2015 November 20, “The 11.8.15 Issue”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| spectacularized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| spectacularized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| spectacularizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| spectacularizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |