blockbuster
Americannoun
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an aerial bomb containing high explosives and weighing from four to eight tons, used as a large-scale demolition bomb.
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a motion picture, novel, etc., especially one lavishly produced, that has or is expected to have wide popular appeal or financial success.
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something or someone that is forcefully or overwhelmingly impressive, effective, or influential.
The campaign was a blockbuster.
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a real-estate speculator who practices blockbusting.
noun
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a large bomb used to demolish extensive areas or strengthened targets
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a very successful, effective, or forceful person, thing, etc
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a lavish film, show, novel, etc, that proves to be an outstanding popular success
Etymology
Origin of blockbuster
Example Sentences
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But despite Swift being one the world's blockbuster performers, he told them: "I'm afraid I have no idea who she was."
From BBC
In Los Angeles, the department’s airships are an often inescapable part of the city’s landscape, immortalized in both rap songs and Hollywood blockbusters.
From Los Angeles Times
In 2010 scientists reconstructed the Neanderthal genome -- blockbuster research that allowed for analysis making clear that the species interbred.
From Barron's
His romantic novels such as The Last of the Mohicans were literary blockbusters.
From Literature
It’s the floor price referenced in the Defense Department’s blockbuster July agreement with MP that included a price floor, equity, and offtake agreements.
From Barron's
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