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actionfest

noun

Etymology

From action + -fest.

  1. derived from *h₂éǵeti✻
  2. derived from āctiō
  3. derived from aucion
  4. inherited from accioun
  5. suffixed as actionfest — “action + fest”

Definitions

  1. A film, video game, or other such story that is full of action.

    • Exploding oil fields, trains bursting through tunnels in the midst of an avalanche, plane collisions, fights and leaps of all sorts punctuate the non-stop actionfest [=King of the Texas Rangers].
    • I'm especially worried at the rumors that the [X-Files television] show and movie will be totally seperate from each other. Is this going to be an actionfest for non-fans?
    • […] to decide on an approach that most effectively tells the story. Perhaps the story is crying out to be an actionfest. Maybe it doesn’t need action at all, but suspense and mood.

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