What does blockbuster mean?
Definitions for blockbuster
ˈblɒkˌbʌs tərblock·buster
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Princeton's WordNet
blockbusternoun
a large bomb used to demolish extensive areas (as a city block)
blockbuster, megahit, smash hitnoun
an unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel)
Wiktionary
blockbusternoun
A high-explosive bomb used for the purposes of demolishing extensive areas, such as a city block.
blockbusternoun
Something, such as a film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales, as opposed to a box office bomb.
blockbusternoun
A large firecracker type of fireworks; an M-80.
blockbusteradjective
An exceptional event.
There was a blockbuster trade in baseball today.
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blockbuster
A blockbuster refers to a highly popular, successful, or influential product, especially in entertainment such as film, music, literature, or other types of media. The term originally came from the entertainment industry to describe a highly successful film or theater production that generates an exceptional amount of revenue or breaks various box office records. Nowadays, it can also be applied more broadly to describe any product or service that achieves unexpected and notable success.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of blockbuster in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of blockbuster in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of blockbuster in a Sentence
It is very smart of Sony to sell 'Spider-Man' this holiday season: that blockbuster alone will help generate a lot of buzz and is of course a system seller, too.
A whole slew of (future) blockbuster drugs are getting traction today, the pipelines look great.
' Aliens' is the template of how to write a great blockbuster, there's real skill to building the perfect roller coaster. ' Aliens' is example No. 1 of how brilliant action cinema can be.
The academy is clearly honoring blockbuster films this year.
We are on track for another blockbuster season for e-commerce.
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Translations for blockbuster
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- блокбъстърBulgarian
- trhákCzech
- Verkaufsschlager, Kassenknüller, Hit, Blockbuster, KnüllerGerman
- taquillera, taquillazo, revientacuadrasSpanish
- korttelipommi, jymymenestysFinnish
- blockbusterFrench
- kasszasikerHungarian
- successo commercialeItalian
- ブロックバスターJapanese
- 블록버스터Korean
- блокбастер, эң кубаттуу фугас бомбаKyrgyz
- kaskrakerDutch
- arrasa-quarteirãoPortuguese
- блокбастер, фугасная бомбаRussian
- kvartersbomb, knallsucceSwedish
- блокбастерUkrainian
- 重磅炸彈Chinese
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