blockbusterize
blockbusterize verb: to adapt (something) into the style of blockbuster movie, especially by making it excessively sensational or dramatic.
Verb
blockbusterize (third-person singular simple present blockbusterizes, present participle blockbusterizing, simple past and past participle blockbusterized)
- 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."2005 June 15, Bryan Curtis, “The Bad Boy of Summer”, in Slate, New York, N.Y.: The Slate Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Apr 2023
Forms of blockbusterize
| third-person singular present | blockbusterizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | blockbusterizing |
| past participle | blockbusterized |
| past | blockbusterized |
Origin of blockbusterize
From blockbuster + -ize.
Questions about blockbusterize
- What does blockbusterize mean?
- Blockbusterize means to adapt (something) into the style of blockbuster movie, especially by making it excessively sensational or dramatic.
- What part of speech is blockbusterize?
- Blockbusterize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of blockbusterize?
- The past tense of blockbusterize is blockbusterized.
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