spectacularize

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verb

To make spectacular.

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Meanings

verbspectacularize (third-person singular simple present spectacularizes, present participle spectacularizing, simple past and past participle spectacularized)

present singular third person spectacularizes · participle present spectacularizing · participle past spectacularized · past spectacularized

  1. transitiveTo 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

Origin

From spectacular + -ize.

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APA

spectacularize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spectacularize

MLA

“spectacularize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spectacularize. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spectacularize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spectacularize.

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