Opera and Spectacle

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Opera noun - A commercial browser.

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Spectacle and opera are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Spectacle" instead a noun "Opera".

Nearby Word: operatic

Spectacle noun - An elaborate, visually exciting show or event.

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Opera and spectacle are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Opera" instead a noun "Spectacle".

The Phantom of the Opera is the mother of big, over-the-top, cheesy, gratuitous 1980s spectacle musical theatre.

Source: Narm / Music
But the beard really got bushy in the 1990s with the advent of Monday Night Raw: now the disjointed spectacle coalesced into a weekly soap opera with recurring characters and much more interesting storylines.

Source: Growing The Beard / Professional Wrestling
While he spearheaded the big-budget, pop-operatic, spectacle-laden "megamusical" trend of The '80s, this show — his first since The Phantom of the Opera, his biggest hit — is not and was never meant to be one of those.

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