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Blockbuster

/ˈblɒkˌbʌstə(ɹ)/

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

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noun

1
A high-explosive bomb used for the purposes of demolishing extensive areas, such as a city block.
2
Something, such as a film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales, as opposed to a box office bomb.
3
Anything very large or powerful; a whopper.
4
A large firework of the firecracker type; an M-80.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Blockbuster"

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bombnoun	An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraft.
explosivenoun	Able to, or likely to, explode.
plastiquenoun	(countable) A form of physical exercise that involves rotation of the joints.
successnoun	The achievement of one's aim or goal.
majornoun	(education, Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand) The principal subject or course of a student working toward a degree at a college or university.
blastnoun	A violent gust of wind (in windy weather) or apparent wind (around a moving vehicle).
cluster bombnoun	An explosive munition designed to explode in the air and release a cluster of smaller explosives, thus spreading the blast over a larger area.
potentitenoun	(historical) An explosive used in blasting.
busternoun	(chiefly colloquial, with 'of') Someone who or something that bursts, breaks, or destroys a specified thing.
brick-busternoun	(video games) Synonym of brick breaker.
blasternoun	(science fiction) An unspecified powerful hand weapon, usually one that fires an energy pulse or beam.
clusterbombnoun	Alternative form of cluster bomb. [An explosive munition designed to explode in the air and release a cluster of smaller explosives, thus spreading the blast over a larger area.]
mother bombnoun	(military) A munition that scatters bomblets across a wide area.
superblastnoun	(rare) An extremely intense, explosive blast.
bombingnoun	The action of dropping bombs from the air.
bunker busternoun	(military) A bomb designed to penetrate hardened targets or targets buried deep underground.
smart bombnoun	(military aviation) A guided air-dropped bomb.
bombshellnoun	(figurative) Something that is very surprising, shocking, amazing or sensational.
fragmentation bombnoun	(military) An antipersonnel bomb that scatters shrapnel when it explodes
superbombardmentnoun	(rare) A very severe bombardment.