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     • blockbuster noun [ C ] informal us / ˈblɑːkˌbʌs.tɚ / uk / ˈblɒkˌbʌs.tə r/ Add to word list a book or movie that is very successful: a blockbuster movie / novel
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   • Get Word of the Day daily email! The meaning of BLOCKBUSTER is a very large high-explosive bomb. How to use blockbuster in a sentence.

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   What does blockbusting mean?

   • 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. [Sense 3, from blockbusting .] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

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   Is a movie a blockbuster?

   • What both Elsen and Rosenfield omit in their descriptions of a blockbuster, is that people are prepared to pay a fee to see a blockbuster and that the term blockbuster can just as easily apply to a movie or a museum exhibition. Merely naming an exhibition or movie a blockbuster, however, does not make it a blockbuster.

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   Should a $40 million game be a blockbuster?

   • For developers of $40 million games, it's a reminder that anyone can create a hit game that can take attention away from your blockbuster. Instead, we see coaches exercising every inch of their labor rights, signing blockbuster deals worth tens of millions of dollars.

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   Will a blockbuster snowstorm affect mortgage rates?

   • That mild air foiled any chance of a blockbuster snowstorm of the likes seen in northern Pennsylvania, south central New York and Vermont, where more than 40 inches fell in a few locations. Overall, mortgage rates remain very low and are unlikely to shift unless a blockbuster spending package is passed before the end of the year.

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   The meaning of BLOCKBUSTER is a very large high-explosive bomb. How to use blockbuster in a sentence.

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   a very successful product, film, etc. that makes a lot of money: A Hollywood studio releases dozens of films in search of that one blockbuster. Blockbuster drugs produce huge profits for pharmaceutical companies. blockbuster products.

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   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.

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   blockbuster. (ˈblɒkˌbʌstə) n. 1. (Military) 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.

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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. something or someone that is forcefully or overwhelmingly impressive, effective, or influential: The campaign was a blockbuster. a real-estate speculator who practices blockbusting.

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   A blockbuster is a movie or book that is very popular and successful, usually because it is very exciting.

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    a book, film, etc that is very popular and successful: a new blockbuster movie. (Definition of blockbuster from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)