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physicalize

American  
[fiz-i-kuh-lahyz] / ˈfɪz ɪ kəˌlaɪz /
especially British, physicalise

verb (used with object)

physicalized, physicalizing
  1. to express in physical terms; give form or shape to.

    The dancers physicalized the mood of the music.


Other Word Forms

Etymology

Origin of physicalize

First recorded in 1945–50; physical + -ize

Example Sentences

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“I want to write for the choreographer. I’m going to create scenarios that physicalize themselves in unique ways.”

From Washington Post Nov. 17, 2022

“Now physicalize that car is broken down on the side of the road.”

From Los Angeles Times May 31, 2022

One plausible explanation is that zombies physicalize our fear of mortality and decay.

From Salon Jul. 25, 2021

She couldn’t physicalize sarcasm and shock with as much cursive and calculus as the other five.

From New York Times Sep. 5, 2019

That was a big clue for me, how to physicalize him.

From Seattle Times Dec. 15, 2011

“I think why it captured our imagination was the way it really physicalized this impossible balance of the show between whimsy and weight.”

From New York Times Jul. 28, 2022

Cousins is very close to movie passion physicalized, and given an Irish accent.

From Seattle Times Jul. 7, 2021

This physicalized version causes us to experience how deeply Blanche has been marked — down to her very bones.

From Washington Post May 29, 2015

The themes of worker alienation, economic frustration and the resulting obstacles to intimacy and nature are entrancingly physicalized.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 10, 2015

Magnetism is the highest form of physicalized power in the universe.

From Supreme Personality by Croft, Delmer Eugene

But the real magic is in the way James delivers those lines, along with physicalizing a kind of confidence learned from music videos and punctuating her sentences with careless laughter.

From Salon Feb. 14, 2023

Craig is at his best in physicalizing Macbeth’s transitions; you can see in his bearing the effects of flattery and finery on his balloon personality.

From New York Times Apr. 29, 2022

Their hope is that by physicalizing these traumatic incidents, they can reinscribe their memories and dispel their power.

From New York Times Dec. 22, 2021

For this program, the Graham company celebrates the work’s 75th anniversary, showcasing Graham’s skill at physicalizing both domestic drama and social tensions with stoic grandeur.

From New York Times Nov. 7, 2019

Large screens dominated the stage, best used for email threads and social-media feeds, physicalizing the distracted mental state of being online.

From Seattle Times Jan. 29, 2019

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