spectacle

noun6

1. •
   An exciting or extraordinary scene, exhibition, performance etc.

   • The horse race was a thrilling spectacle.
   • 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Gameshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/ In movie terms, it suggests Paul Verhoeven in Robocop/Starship Troopers mode, an R-rated bloodbath where the grim spectacle of children murdering each other on television is bread-and-circuses for the age of reality TV, enforced by a totalitarian regime to keep the masses at bay.
2. •
   Drama and excitement in a display, product, performance, exhibition, etc.

   • I enjoyed her presentation, but it needs more spectacle.
3. •
   An embarrassing or unedifying scene or situation.

   • He made a spectacle out of himself.
4. •
   [before a noun] Attributive form of spectacles.
5. •
   The brille of a snake.
6. •
   A frame with different coloured lenses on a semaphore signal through which light from a lamp shines at night, often a part of the signal arm.