Blockbuster

Quick meaning: Blockbuster is a noun meaning A high-explosive bomb used for the purposes of demolishing extensive areas, such as a city block.

Meaning

A high-explosive bomb used for the purposes of demolishing extensive areas, such as a city block.

More Meanings

1. A large firework of the firecracker type; an M-80.
2. (US) One who engages in blockbusting (technique encouraging people to sell property).
3. (informal) Something, such as a film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales, as opposed to a box office bomb.
4. (informal) Something, especially an event or a film, book or other creative work, that is intended to achieve high sales (perhaps indicated by large budgets or high advertising spending) or that is conceived on a large or epic scale
5. (slang) Anything very large or powerful; a whopper.

Example Sentences

He was watching the blockbuster film series Harry Potter.

"General William Booth Enters into Heaven" is lusty, a blockbuster conception.

“How nice," she responded to his invitation, “but I've got a blockbuster of a headache. I'm paying for last night. Call me tomorrow, will you?"

Many—such as plants' relationships with mycorrhizal fungi—have been blockbuster moments in the history of life, with world-changing consequences.

Word Forms

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Related Words

Related dictionary entries include bomb, explosive, plastique, success, major, blast.

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