blockbuster

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English

Pronunciation

• /blŏk'bŭs'tər/

Noun

blockbuster (plural blockbusters)

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

Translations

high-explosive bomb

Chinese: Mandarin: 巨型炸彈 (zh), 巨型炸弹 (zh) (jùxíng zhàdàn) Finnish: korttelipommi (fi)

Japanese: ブロックバスター (ja) (burokubasutā) Russian: фугасная бомба (ru) (fugásnaja bómba) f. Swedish: kvartersbomb (sv)

film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales

Bulgarian: блокбъстър (bg) (blokbǎ̀stǎr) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 巨片 (zh) (jùpiān), 大片 (zh) (dàpiān), 風靡一時的事物, 风靡一时的事物 (fēngmí yīshí de shìwù) Finnish: jymymenestys (fi) French: blockbuster (fr) m. German: Blockbuster (de) m., Verkaufsschlager (de) m., Kassenknüller (de) m., Knüller (de) m., Hit (de) m.

Hungarian: kasszasiker (hu) Japanese: ブロックバスター (ja) (burokubasutā) Korean: 블록버스터 (ko) (beullokbeoseuteo) Russian: блокбастер (ru) (blokbáster) m. Spanish: taquillazo (es) m. Swedish: knallsucce (sv) Ukrainian: блокбастер (uk) (blokbáster) m.

large firecracker type of fireworks

Adjective

blockbuster (not comparable)

1. An exceptional event.

   There was a blockbuster trade in baseball today.

Related terms

• blockbust (verb form)
• block
• bust