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blockbuster
block·bust·er B0329500 (blŏk′bŭs′tər)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.]blockbuster (ˈblɒkˌbʌstə) n1. (Military) a large bomb used to demolish extensive areas or strengthened targets2. a very successful, effective, or forceful person, thing, etc3. a lavish film, show, novel, etc, that proves to be an outstanding popular successblock•bust•er (ˈblɒkˌbʌs tər)
n. 1. a huge aerial demolition bomb. 2. a motion picture, novel, etc. that has wide popular appeal or financial success. 3. a person or thing that is overwhelmingly impressive, effective, or influential. 4. one who practices blockbusting. [1940–45] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  blockbuster - a large bomb used to demolish extensive areas (as a city block)general-purpose bomb, GP bomb - a large bomb (500 to 2,000 pounds that is 50% explosive) whose explosion creates a blast and whose metal casing creates some fragmentation effect | | 2. |  blockbuster - an unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel)megahit, smash hithit, smasher, smash, bang, strike - a conspicuous success; "that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career"; "that new Broadway show is a real smasher"; "the party went with a bang"figure of speech, trope, image, figure - language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense |
Translationsblockbuster
blockbuster1. noun Something, typically a movie or book, that is very popular and makes a large profit. The movie looked so stupid in the previews, but it turned out to be a real blockbuster.2. adjective Describing something that experiences such popularity and financial success. Our studio stands to profit from the release of another blockbuster film this summer.blockbuster1. n. something enormous, especially a movie or book that attracts a large audience. That blockbuster should make about twenty million. 2. mod. exciting and successful. With a blockbuster novel like that in print, you should make quite a bundle. Blockbuster
Blockbuster (pop culture)Indisputably inspired by the Incredible Hulk, DC Comics' Blockbuster was a thickset, thickheaded juggernaut who pulverized Batman on several occasions. Debuting in Gardner Fox and Carmine Infantino's “The Blockbuster Invasion of Gotham City” in Detective Comics #345 (1965), young scientist Mark Desmond chemically boosts his feeble form, transforming into Blockbuster … with his sagacity taking a beating. Manipulated into thievery by his shifty brother Roland, Blockbuster's destructive fury can only be quelled by the face of Bruce Wayne— who once saved Mark from drowning—forcing Batman remove his mask to reveal his Wayne identity to calm the rampaging brute. In later tales, Blockbuster went head-to-head with Solomon Grundy and broke bread with the Secret Society of Super-Villains before being drafted into the Suicide Squad, where he perished fighting Brimstone. Sibling Roland Desmond hoisted the Blockbuster mantle in Starman vol. 1 #9 (1989), pumping up from a super-steroid but, unlike Mark, maintaining his intellect. Blockbuster II strong-armed the underworld in the city of Blüdhaven, developing bitter rivalries with its resident guardian Nightwing and the superhero information broker Oracle. A deal with the demon Neron augmented Blockbuster's brainpower, and the gargantuan genius planned to expand his crime empire into his former digs of Gotham when a bullet fired by anti-hero Tarantula brought an end to his life and to the lethal legacy of the Blockbuster brothers. Yet Blockbuster barrels on, in television's Justice League Unlimited (2004–present), voiced by Dee Bradley Baker.Blockbuster
Drug slang A regional term for a depressant; a regional term for 50mg Nembutal—pentobarbital capsules
Pharmacology A popular term for a drug that ‘corners’ the market for a particular disease, has a high price with little competition, or for which volume of sales is highBlockbuster
BlockbusterA real estate agent or company that convinces a homeowner to sell his/her property at a loss because racial and/or ethnic minorities are moving into the area. For example, a blockbuster may hire a Latino woman to walk around a neighborhood and act as though she lives there. Blockbusters seek both to profit from the resale of the house and to encourage people to buy homes in new developments. Blockbusting became common after desegregation, and became very controversial after its public exposure in the 1960s. By the 1980s, the practice had largely disappeared.AcronymsSeeBBblockbuster
Synonyms for blockbusternoun a large bomb used to demolish extensive areas (as a city block)Related Words- general-purpose bomb
- GP bomb
noun an unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel)SynonymsRelated Words- hit
- smasher
- smash
- bang
- strike
- figure of speech
- trope
- image
- figure
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