Definitions for blockbuster
ˈblɒkˌbʌs tərblock·buster

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1. blockbusternoun

   a large bomb used to demolish extensive areas (as a city block)

2. blockbuster, megahit, smash hitnoun

   an unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel)

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1. blockbusternoun

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

2. 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.

3. blockbusternoun

   A large firecracker type of fireworks; an M-80.

4. blockbusteradjective

   An exceptional event.

   There was a blockbuster trade in baseball today.

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1. 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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1. • General-purpose Bomb
   • Hit

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of blockbuster in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of blockbuster in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of blockbuster in a Sentence

1. Sucharita Kodali:

   No doubt Amazon Prime Day will be another blockbuster event for Amazon Music, especially as Amazon Prime Day has increased the length and it seems to be working even harder with suppliers to secure deals and volume.

2. Omar Usmani:

   Technique is critical. You might have the world's best blockbuster drug in an inhaler, but if patients don't use it properly they won't get the benefits.

3. Anwar Kazmi:

   We contacted the Indian High Commission twice in 2011. People from the High Commission visited her in Karachi, took her particulars, but nothing came of it, now, thanks to a Bollywood blockbuster, there is hope.

4. Chief Executive Patrick Pouyanne:

   In the pharmaceutical industry, they have blockbusters. This is our blockbuster, and it will last for 40 years, we didn't hesitate one second. The impact of this signature goes well beyond the price of this asset, it was widely noticed and has raised our reputation in the Middle East.

5. Paul Smith:

   They kind of kept their head down with regard to the election, and didn't involve themselves with anything in respect to the aftermath of the election, and were hoping to not be too visible, now they're starting to gather momentum and the very conservative majority on the court is I think headed in the direction of an absolutely blockbuster term next year.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=blockbuster
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Blockbuster
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=blockbuster