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Noun spectacle- has 3 senses
- spectacle - something or someone seen (especially a notable or unusual sight); "the tragic spectacle of cripples trying to escape"
--1 is a kind of sight
- spectacle - an elaborate and remarkable display on a lavish scale
--2 is a kind of display, presentation
--2 has particulars: bullfight, corrida; naumachy, naumachia
- spectacle - a blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase `make a spectacle of' yourself
--3 is a kind of blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo
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