| 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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