Слово "spectacular". Англо-русский словарь Мюллера

or is this potentially a need for some spectacular act of philanthropy

There was nobody around to see it except some spectacularly stupid quadrupeds who hadn’t the faintest idea what to make of it, or whether they were meant to make anything of it, or eat it, or what.

Goldstein had fled and was hiding no one knew where, and of the others, a few had simply disappeared, while the majority had been executed after spectacular public trials at which they made confession of their crimes.

-I'm going to bed. -...with a spectacular display of tall ships earlier. The Statue of Liberty...

And this theory is quite spectacular,

Even the most seasoned star tramp can’t help but shiver at the spectacular drama of a sunrise seen from space, but a binary sunrise is one of the marvels of the Galaxy.