"tabloidize" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: tabloidizes [present, singular, third-person], tabloidizing [participle, present], tabloidized [participle, past], tabloidized [past]
Etymology: tabloid + -ize Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|tabloid|ize}} tabloid + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} tabloidize (third-person singular simple present tabloidizes, present participle tabloidizing, simple past and past participle tabloidized)
  1. (transitive) To convert or assimilate into tabloid journalism; to make tawdry and sensational. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-tabloidize-en-verb-oxnD4zQR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize

Inflected forms

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