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BLOCKBUSTER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel)
Synonyms:
blockbuster; megahit; smash hit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("blockbuster" is a kind of...):
bang; hit; smash; smasher; strike (a conspicuous success)
Domain usage:
figure; figure of speech; image; trope (language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A large bomb used to demolish extensive areas (as a city block)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("blockbuster" is a kind of...):
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)
