NOUN | artifact | blockbuster | a large bomb used to demolish extensive areas (as a city block) |
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act | blockbuster, megahit, smash hit | an unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel) |
Sounds | blaa'kbah.ster | |
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Rhymes | abductor ... zoster: 649 rhymes with ter... |
Meaning | A large bomb used to demolish extensive areas (as a city block). | |
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Broader | 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 |
Spanish | bomba de demolición, revientacuadras |
Meaning | An unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel). | |
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Synonyms | megahit, smash hit | |
Broader | hit, smash, smasher, strike, bang | A conspicuous success |
Usage of | trope, figure of speech, figure, image | language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense |
Spanish | megahit, taquillazo, taquillera | |
Catalan | megahit |
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