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Blockbuster

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Noun

1. blockbuster

a large bomb used to demolish extensive areas (as a city block)

2. blockbuster, megahit, smash hit

an unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Blockbuster

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noun informal
1. 
a large bomb used to demolish extensive areas or strengthened targets
2. 
a very successful, effective, or forceful person, thing, etc
3. 
a lavish film, show, novel, etc, that proves to be an outstanding popular success

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Blockbuster

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noun Informal
1. 
a large, aerial bomb that can demolish a large area
2.  US
a particularly powerful, forceful, or effective person or thing; specif., an expensive or pretentious film, novel, etc. intended to have wide popular appeal
3.  US
a real-estate dealer who engages in blockbusting

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Blockbuster

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n.
1. Something, such as a film or book, that sustains widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales.
2. A large, powerful bomb used especially in air raids on cities.
3. One that engages in the practice of blockbusting.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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