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hallucinatory

[huh-loo-suh-nuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] / həˈlu sə nəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /


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The scene turns surreal with camera distortion and zoom shots to convey his hallucinatory point of view.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025

Bok, a mystically inclined author as well as artist, combined hallucinatory forms with imaginative fidelity to the texts he illustrated.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Luke said on some occasions, his hallucinatory flashbacks would come about while he was instructing new recruits.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2025

The guest star roster expands this season, looping in Gwendoline Christie, John Noble, Merritt Wever and Alia Shawkat, among others, blending them into the show’s hallucinatory starkness without drawing us out of the story.

From Salon • Jan. 17, 2025

Pitezel’s almost hallucinatory description must have tantalized Holmes, for he wrote to Cigrand and offered her a job as his personal secretary, at twice the salary she was making in Keeley.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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