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blockbuster definition

block·buster (bläk′bus′tər)

noun

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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