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   spectacle

   /ˈspɛktəkl/

   noun

   • 1. a visually striking performance or display: "the acrobatic feats make a good spectacle" Similar displayshowperformancepresentationexhibitionpageantparadeextravaganza
   • ▪ an event or scene regarded in terms of its visual impact: "the spectacle of a city's mass grief" Similar sightvisionviewsceneprospectvistaoutlookpicture

   Word Origin Middle English: via Old French from Latin spectaculum ‘public show’, from spectare, frequentative of specere ‘to look’.

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