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action adventure

action adventure noun: a film, novel, television series or video game characterized by action, intrigue, and sometimes violence.

Noun

action adventure (plural action adventures)

  1. A film, novel, television series or video game characterized by action, intrigue, and sometimes violence.
    • Organized crime, law enforcement, warfare, nature, disasters, mythology, religion, and history are all common themes in the action adventure genre.
    • The ‘arcade adventure’ concept is catching on fast, with a number of software houses bringing out arcade action adventure games, including the Wally series from Mikro-Gen and the soon-to-be-launched Chuckie Egg II.1985, Graeme Kidd, “Great Scott!”, in Crash, number 15

Forms of action adventure

pluralaction adventures

Questions about action adventure

What does action adventure mean?
Action adventure means a film, novel, television series or video game characterized by action, intrigue, and sometimes violence.
What part of speech is action adventure?
Action adventure is a noun.
What is the plural of action adventure?
The plural of action adventure is action adventures.

Words near action adventure in the dictionary

  1. actinulæ
  2. actio
  3. actio ad distans
  4. actio popularis
  5. action
  6. action adventure
  7. action adventures
  8. action at a distance
  9. Action democratique
  10. action doll
  11. action dolls

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