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blockbusterize

verb

Etymology

From blockbuster + -ize.

  1. derived from apostema
  2. derived from Buste
  3. compounded as blockbuster — “block + buster”
  4. suffixed as blockbusterize — “blockbuster + -ize”

Definitions

  1. To adapt (something) into the style of blockbuster movie, especially by making it…

    To adapt (something) into the style of blockbuster movie, especially by making it excessively sensational or dramatic.

    • The author agreed to adapt his story into a movie on the condition that the plot wouldn't be blockbusterized.
    • [Michael] Bay further exacerbates the problem by blockbusterizing his directorial pronouncements. For him, a characteristic boast is not, "I write all my own movies," but, "I write all my own action."

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