"blockbuster" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Catalan]

Forms: blockbusters [plural]
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from English blockbuster. Etymology templates: {{ubor|ca|en|blockbuster}} Unadapted borrowing from English blockbuster Head templates: {{ca-noun|m}} blockbuster m (plural blockbusters)
  1. blockbuster (film or book that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-blockbuster-ca-noun-JtqMrsdR Categories (other): Catalan entries with incorrect language header

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈblɒkˌbʌs.tə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈblɑkˌbʌs.tɚ/ [General-American] Forms: blockbusters [plural]
Etymology: From block + buster, referring originally to aerial bombs capable of destroying a whole block of buildings. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|block|buster}} block + buster Head templates: {{en-noun}} blockbuster (plural blockbusters)
  1. A high-explosive bomb used for the purposes of demolishing extensive areas, such as a city block. Translations (high-explosive bomb): 巨型炸彈 (Chinese Mandarin), 巨型炸弹 (jùxíng zhàdàn) (Chinese Mandarin), karrébumba [feminine] (Faroese), korttelipommi (Finnish), Luftmine [feminine] (German), Minenbombe [feminine] (German), Wohnblockknacker [masculine] (German), ブロックバスター (burokubasutā) (Japanese), эң кубаттуу фугас бомба (eŋ kubattuu fugas bomba) [feminine] (Kyrgyz), фуга́сная бо́мба (fugásnaja bómba) [feminine] (Russian), bombazo [masculine] (Spanish), kvartersbomb (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-blockbuster-en-noun-BmhHGVYF Disambiguation of 'high-explosive bomb': 83 17 0 0 0 0
  2. (informal) Something, such as a film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales, as opposed to a box office bomb. Tags: informal Translations (film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales): بْلُوكْبَاسْتَر (blūkbāstar) [masculine] (Arabic), բլոկբաստեր (blokbaster) (Armenian), блокба́стэр (blokbáster) [masculine] (Belarusian), блокбъ́стър (blokbǎ́stǎr) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 巨片 (jùpiān) (Chinese Mandarin), 大片 (dàpiān) (Chinese Mandarin), 風靡一時的事物 (Chinese Mandarin), 风靡一时的事物 (fēngmí yīshí de shìwù) (Chinese Mandarin), trhák [masculine] (Czech), kaskraker [masculine] (Dutch), metsølufilmur [masculine] [film, television, broadcasting, media] (Faroese), metsølubók (english: book) [feminine] (Faroese), jymymenestys (Finnish), blockbuster [masculine] (French), ბლოკბასტერი (bloḳbasṭeri) (Georgian), Blockbuster [masculine] (German), Verkaufsschlager [masculine] (German), Kassenknüller [masculine] (German), Knüller [masculine] (German), Hit [masculine] (German), Kassenschlager [masculine] (German), Renner [masculine] (German), Bestseller (english: book) [masculine] (German), Straßenfeger (english: TV movie) [dated, masculine] (German), μπλοκμπάστερ (blokmpáster) (Greek), ब्लॉकबस्टर (blŏkbasṭar) (Hindi), kasszasiker (Hungarian), bombasiker (Hungarian), rendkívül sikeres mű (Hungarian), successo commerciale [masculine] (Italian), ブロックバスター (burokubasutā) (Japanese), блокбастер (blokbaster) (Kazakh), боевик (boevik) (Kazakh), 블록버스터 (beullokbeoseuteo) (Korean), блокбастер (blokbaster) [masculine] (Kyrgyz), blockbuster [masculine] (Polish), hit [masculine] (Polish), arrasa-quarteirão [masculine] (Portuguese), блокба́стер (blokbástɛr) [masculine] (Russian), taquillazo [masculine] (Spanish), bombazo [masculine] (Spanish), blockbuster [masculine] (Spanish), superventas [masculine] (Spanish), knallsucce (Swedish), kassasuccé [common-gender] (Swedish), блокба́стер (blokbáster) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-blockbuster-en-noun-xSlIkvIt Disambiguation of 'film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales': 3 74 16 2 4 2
  3. (informal) Something, especially an event or a film, book or other creative work, that is intended to achieve high sales (perhaps indicated by large budgets or high advertising spending) or that is conceived on a large or epic scale Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-blockbuster-en-noun-237KdIQn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 20 38 2 12 15 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 22 34 4 12 16
  4. (slang) Anything very large or powerful; a whopper. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-blockbuster-en-noun-FrrHeiW7
  5. A large firework of the firecracker type; an M-80. Categories (topical): Explosives
    Sense id: en-blockbuster-en-noun-AZzcBJ-A Disambiguation of Explosives: 20 12 21 2 35 10
  6. (US) One who engages in blockbusting (technique encouraging people to sell property). Tags: US
    Sense id: en-blockbuster-en-noun-s4CRdIrF Categories (other): American English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: blockbuster drug Related terms: block, blockbust [verb], bunker buster, bust, dambuster

Noun [French]

IPA: /blɔk.bys.tœʁ/, /blɔk.bœs.tœʁ/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-blockbuster.wav Forms: blockbusters [plural]
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from English blockbuster. Etymology templates: {{ubor|fr|en|blockbuster}} Unadapted borrowing from English blockbuster Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} blockbuster m (plural blockbusters)
  1. blockbuster (film or book that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-blockbuster-fr-noun-JtqMrsdR Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Polish]

IPA: /blɔɡˈbas.tɛr/
Rhymes: -astɛr Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from English blockbuster. First attested in 1997. Etymology templates: {{ubor|pl|en|blockbuster}} Unadapted borrowing from English blockbuster, {{etydate/the|1997}} 1997, {{etydate|1997}} First attested in 1997. Head templates: {{pl-noun|m-in}} blockbuster m inan Inflection templates: {{pl-decl-noun-m-in|gens=blockbustera}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], blockbuster [nominative, singular], blockbustery [nominative, plural], blockbustera [genitive, singular], blockbusterów [genitive, plural], blockbusterowi [dative, singular], blockbusterom [dative, plural], blockbuster [accusative, singular], blockbustery [accusative, plural], blockbusterem [instrumental, singular], blockbusterami [instrumental, plural], blockbusterze [locative, singular], blockbusterach [locative, plural], blockbusterze [singular, vocative], blockbustery [plural, vocative]
  1. (film, television) blockbuster Tags: inanimate, masculine Categories (topical): Film, Television
    Sense id: en-blockbuster-pl-noun-TZE38OXS Categories (other): Polish entries with incorrect language header, Polish links with manual fragments, Polish links with redundant alt parameters, Polish links with redundant wikilinks Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television Related terms: bloczny, blokowiskowy, blokowy, bloczek, bloczność, bloczydło, blok, blokada, bloker, blokers, blokhauz, blokier, blokierka, bloking, blokowiec, blokowisko, blokownia, blokoza, blokówka, blokować [imperfective], odblokować [perfective], odblokowywać [imperfective], przyblokować [perfective], zablokować [perfective], zablokowywać [imperfective], zblokować [perfective], bestseller

Noun [Portuguese]

IPA: /ˈblɔ.ki ˈbus.teʁ/ [Brazil], [ˈblɔ.ki ˈbus.teh] [Brazil], /ˈblɔk ˈbus.teʁ/ [Brazil], [ˈblɔk ˈbus.teh] [Brazil], /ˈblɔ.ki ˈbɐ̃s.teʁ/ [Brazil], [ˈblɔ.ki ˈbɐ̃s.teh] [Brazil], /ˈblɔk ˈbɐ̃s.teʁ/ [Brazil], [ˈblɔk ˈbɐ̃s.teh] [Brazil], /ˈblɔ.ki ˈbus.teʁ/ [Brazil], [ˈblɔ.ki ˈbus.teh] [Brazil], /ˈblɔk ˈbus.teʁ/ [Brazil], [ˈblɔk ˈbus.teh] [Brazil], /ˈblɔ.ki ˈbɐ̃s.teʁ/ [Brazil], [ˈblɔ.ki ˈbɐ̃s.teh] [Brazil], /ˈblɔk ˈbɐ̃s.teʁ/ [Brazil], [ˈblɔk ˈbɐ̃s.teh] [Brazil], /ˈblɔ.ki ˈbus.teɾ/ [São-Paulo], /ˈblɔk ˈbus.teɾ/ [São-Paulo], /ˈblɔ.ki ˈbɐ̃s.teɾ/ [São-Paulo], /ˈblɔk ˈbɐ̃s.teɾ/ [São-Paulo], /ˈblɔ.ki ˈbuʃ.teʁ/ [Rio-de-Janeiro], [ˈblɔ.ki ˈbuʃ.teχ] [Rio-de-Janeiro], /ˈblɔk ˈbuʃ.teʁ/ [Rio-de-Janeiro], [ˈblɔk ˈbuʃ.teχ] [Rio-de-Janeiro], /ˈblɔ.ki ˈbɐ̃ʃ.teʁ/ [Rio-de-Janeiro], [ˈblɔ.ki ˈbɐ̃ʃ.teχ] [Rio-de-Janeiro], /ˈblɔk ˈbɐ̃ʃ.teʁ/ [Rio-de-Janeiro], [ˈblɔk ˈbɐ̃ʃ.teχ] [Rio-de-Janeiro], /ˈblɔk ˈbus.teɻ/ [Southern-Brazil], /ˈblɔ.ki ˈbus.teɻ/ [Southern-Brazil], /ˈblɔk ˈbɐ̃s.teɻ/ [Southern-Brazil], /ˈblɔ.ki ˈbɐ̃s.teɻ/ [Southern-Brazil] Forms: blockbusters [plural]
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from English blockbuster. Etymology templates: {{ubor|pt|en|blockbuster}} Unadapted borrowing from English blockbuster Head templates: {{pt-noun|m|#s}} blockbuster m (plural blockbusters)
  1. blockbuster (film or book that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales) Tags: masculine Synonyms: arrasa-quarteirão
    Sense id: en-blockbuster-pt-noun-JtqMrsdR Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Spanish]

IPA: /bloɡˈbasteɾ/, [bloɣ̞ˈβ̞as.t̪eɾ] Forms: blockbusters [plural]
Rhymes: -asteɾ Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from English blockbuster. Etymology templates: {{ubor|es|en|blockbuster}} Unadapted borrowing from English blockbuster Head templates: {{es-noun|m|blockbusters}} blockbuster m (plural blockbusters)
  1. blockbuster (film or book that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales) Tags: masculine Synonyms: taquillazo, bombazo
    Sense id: en-blockbuster-es-noun-JtqMrsdR Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "code": "ar",
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          "tags": [
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          "roman": "blokbáster",
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          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "3 74 16 2 4 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jùpiān",
          "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
          "word": "巨片"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 74 16 2 4 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dàpiān",
          "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
          "word": "大片"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 74 16 2 4 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
          "word": "風靡一時的事物"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 74 16 2 4 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "fēngmí yīshí de shìwù",
          "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
          "word": "风靡一时的事物"
        },
        {
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "trhák"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 74 16 2 4 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kaskraker"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 74 16 2 4 2",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "topics": [
            "film",
            "television",
            "broadcasting",
            "media"
          ],
          "word": "metsølufilmur"
        },
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        "Brazil"
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      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈblɔk ˈbus.teʁ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈblɔk ˈbus.teh]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈblɔ.ki ˈbɐ̃s.teʁ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈblɔ.ki ˈbɐ̃s.teh]",
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        "Brazil"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈblɔk ˈbɐ̃s.teʁ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈblɔk ˈbɐ̃s.teh]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈblɔ.ki ˈbus.teʁ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈblɔ.ki ˈbus.teh]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈblɔk ˈbus.teʁ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈblɔk ˈbus.teh]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈblɔ.ki ˈbɐ̃s.teʁ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈblɔ.ki ˈbɐ̃s.teh]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈblɔk ˈbɐ̃s.teʁ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈblɔk ˈbɐ̃s.teh]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
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      "ipa": "/ˈblɔ.ki ˈbus.teɾ/",
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        "São-Paulo"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈblɔk ˈbɐ̃s.teɾ/",
      "tags": [
        "São-Paulo"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈblɔ.ki ˈbuʃ.teʁ/",
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈblɔ.ki ˈbuʃ.teχ]",
      "tags": [
        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈblɔk ˈbuʃ.teʁ/",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈblɔk ˈbuʃ.teχ]",
      "tags": [
        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈblɔ.ki ˈbɐ̃ʃ.teʁ/",
      "tags": [
        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈblɔ.ki ˈbɐ̃ʃ.teχ]",
      "tags": [
        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈblɔk ˈbɐ̃ʃ.teʁ/",
      "tags": [
        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈblɔk ˈbɐ̃ʃ.teχ]",
      "tags": [
        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈblɔk ˈbus.teɻ/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈblɔ.ki ˈbus.teɻ/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈblɔk ˈbɐ̃s.teɻ/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈblɔ.ki ˈbɐ̃s.teɻ/",
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    {
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "english": "Justice League arrives as one of the main blockbusters for the end of year season.",
          "ref": "2017 November 15, Adolfo López, “La Liga de la Justicia llega esta noche a salas mexicanas [Justice League arrives tonight in Mexican theaters]”, in El Sol de México",
          "text": "La Liga de la Justicia llega como uno de los blockbusters principales para la temporada de fin de año.",
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        }
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      "id": "en-blockbuster-es-noun-JtqMrsdR",
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          "word": "bombazo"
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        "masculine"
      ]
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bloɡˈbasteɾ/"
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    {
      "ipa": "[bloɣ̞ˈβ̞as.t̪eɾ]"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-asteɾ"
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}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "blockbuster"
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      "expansion": "Unadapted borrowing from English blockbuster",
      "name": "ubor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unadapted borrowing from English blockbuster.",
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    {
      "form": "blockbusters",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
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      "expansion": "blockbuster m (plural blockbusters)",
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    {
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        "Catalan entries with incorrect language header",
        "Catalan lemmas",
        "Catalan masculine nouns",
        "Catalan nouns",
        "Catalan terms borrowed from English",
        "Catalan terms derived from English",
        "Catalan terms spelled with K",
        "Catalan terms with quotations",
        "Catalan unadapted borrowings from English"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "The cancellation of the premiere in theaters after having \"advertised it from the first moment that the film was revealed\" means one more blow to theater owners, who awaited the arrival of the blockbuster to try to recover from the stoppage of the coronavirus.",
          "ref": "2020 August 7, “Els cinemes espanyols acusen Disney d'enganyar el públic amb 'Mulan' [Spanish movie theaters accuse Disney of misleading the public with Mulan]”, in Ara",
          "text": "La cancel·lació de l'estrena a les sales després d'haver-la \"publicitat des del primer moment en què es va presentar la pel·lícula\" suposa un cop més per als empresaris de cinemes, que esperaven l'arribada del blockbuster per intentar recuperar-se de l'aturada del coronavirus.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "blockbuster (film or book that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "blockbuster",
          "blockbuster#English"
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
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  "word": "blockbuster"
}

{
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    "English compound terms",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "en:Explosives"
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    {
      "word": "blockbuster drug"
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "blockbuster",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: blockbuster",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: blockbuster"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "blockbuster",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: blockbuster",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: blockbuster"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Blockbuster",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Blockbuster",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Blockbuster"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "blockbuster",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: blockbuster",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: blockbuster"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "ブロックバスター",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "burokubasutā"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese: ブロックバスター (burokubasutā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Japanese: ブロックバスター (burokubasutā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "블록버스터",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 블록버스터 (beullokbeoseuteo)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Korean: 블록버스터 (beullokbeoseuteo)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "blockbuster",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: blockbuster",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: blockbuster"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "blockbuster",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: blockbuster",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: blockbuster"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "блокба́стер",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "blokbástɛr"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: блокба́стер (blokbástɛr)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: блокба́стер (blokbástɛr)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "blockbuster",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: blockbuster",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: blockbuster"
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "block",
        "3": "buster"
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      "name": "compound"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From block + buster, referring originally to aerial bombs capable of destroying a whole block of buildings.",
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    {
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "word": "bunker buster"
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      "word": "bust"
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    {
      "word": "dambuster"
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    {
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    {
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        "English informal terms"
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        "Something, such as a film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales, as opposed to a box office bomb."
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        [
          "film",
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        [
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        "(informal) Something, such as a film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales, as opposed to a box office bomb."
      ],
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        "informal"
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      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
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        {
          "ref": "1961, “Ives”, in Twentieth Century Music In The Western Hemisphere, J. B. Lippincott, page 146",
          "text": "\"General William Booth Enters into Heaven\" is lusty, a blockbuster conception.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1994, “Drama”, in Whitaker's Almanack, 1994, page 1135",
          "text": "The report noted that 'an increasing public appetite for large \"blockbuster\" musicals is a firmly established feature of London’s West End theatre scene'.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "Something, especially an event or a film, book or other creative work, that is intended to achieve high sales (perhaps indicated by large budgets or high advertising spending) or that is conceived on a large or epic scale"
      ],
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        [
          "film",
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        [
          "book",
          "book"
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        "(informal) Something, especially an event or a film, book or other creative work, that is intended to achieve high sales (perhaps indicated by large budgets or high advertising spending) or that is conceived on a large or epic scale"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1998, Yves Beauchemin, The Second Fiddle, page 383",
          "text": "“How nice,\" she responded to his invitation, “but I've got a blockbuster of a headache. I'm paying for last night. Call me tomorrow, will you?\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 July 21, Neil Irwin, “Is the U.S. Economy Too Hot or Too Cold? Yes.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
          "text": "In the mid-2021 economy, employers are offering higher pay to attract scarce workers; airports and car lots are bustling; and a G.D.P. report due out next week will probably show blockbuster growth.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 211",
          "text": "Many—such as plants' relationships with mycorrhizal fungi—have been blockbuster moments in the history of life, with world-changing consequences.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "Anything very large or powerful; a whopper."
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        [
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        "(slang) Anything very large or powerful; a whopper."
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      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A large firework of the firecracker type; an M-80."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "firework",
          "firework"
        ],
        [
          "firecracker",
          "firecracker"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2016, Sabiyha Prince, African Americans and Gentrification in Washington, D.C., page 106",
          "text": "Whereas White residents fell prey to blockbusters who stoked fears of invading Negroes and plummeting housing values during the 1950s, African Americans confronted more-than-imagined difficulties in neighborhoods after the 1968 riots.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One who engages in blockbusting (technique encouraging people to sell property)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "blockbusting",
          "blockbusting"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US) One who engages in blockbusting (technique encouraging people to sell property)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈblɒkˌbʌs.tə(ɹ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈblɑkˌbʌs.tɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "high-explosive bomb",
      "word": "巨型炸彈"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jùxíng zhàdàn",
      "sense": "high-explosive bomb",
      "word": "巨型炸弹"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "high-explosive bomb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "karrébumba"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "high-explosive bomb",
      "word": "korttelipommi"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "high-explosive bomb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Luftmine"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "high-explosive bomb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Minenbombe"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "high-explosive bomb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Wohnblockknacker"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "burokubasutā",
      "sense": "high-explosive bomb",
      "word": "ブロックバスター"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "eŋ kubattuu fugas bomba",
      "sense": "high-explosive bomb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "эң кубаттуу фугас бомба"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fugásnaja bómba",
      "sense": "high-explosive bomb",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "фуга́сная бо́мба"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "high-explosive bomb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bombazo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "high-explosive bomb",
      "word": "kvartersbomb"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "blūkbāstar",
      "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "بْلُوكْبَاسْتَر"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "blokbaster",
      "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
      "word": "բլոկբաստեր"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "blokbáster",
      "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "блокба́стэр"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "blokbǎ́stǎr",
      "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "блокбъ́стър"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jùpiān",
      "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
      "word": "巨片"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dàpiān",
      "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
      "word": "大片"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
      "word": "風靡一時的事物"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fēngmí yīshí de shìwù",
      "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
      "word": "风靡一时的事物"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trhák"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kaskraker"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "film",
        "television",
        "broadcasting",
        "media"
      ],
      "word": "metsølufilmur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "english": "book",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "metsølubók"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
      "word": "jymymenestys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "blockbuster"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "bloḳbasṭeri",
      "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
      "word": "ბლოკბასტერი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Blockbuster"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Verkaufsschlager"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kassenknüller"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Knüller"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Hit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kassenschlager"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Renner"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "book",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Bestseller"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "TV movie",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Straßenfeger"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "blokmpáster",
      "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
      "word": "μπλοκμπάστερ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "blŏkbasṭar",
      "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
      "word": "ब्लॉकबस्टर"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
      "word": "kasszasiker"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
      "word": "bombasiker"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
      "word": "rendkívül sikeres mű"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "successo commerciale"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "burokubasutā",
      "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
      "word": "ブロックバスター"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "blokbaster",
      "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
      "word": "блокбастер"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "boevik",
      "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
      "word": "боевик"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "beullokbeoseuteo",
      "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
      "word": "블록버스터"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "blokbaster",
      "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "блокбастер"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "blockbuster"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hit"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "arrasa-quarteirão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "blokbástɛr",
      "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "блокба́стер"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "taquillazo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bombazo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "blockbuster"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "superventas"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
      "word": "knallsucce"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kassasuccé"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "blokbáster",
      "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "блокба́стер"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "en:blockbuster"
  ],
  "word": "blockbuster"
}

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      "expansion": "Unadapted borrowing from English blockbuster",
      "name": "ubor"
    }
  ],
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      "form": "blockbusters",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "expansion": "blockbuster m (plural blockbusters)",
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
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      ],
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          "blockbuster#English"
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      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "ipa": "/blɔk.bys.tœʁ/"
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}

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      "args": {
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        "plural"
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    },
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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      "word": "blokers"
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      "word": "blokhauz"
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      "word": "blokier"
    },
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}

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      "ipa": "/ˈblɔk ˈbus.teɻ/",
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      "ipa": "/ˈblɔk ˈbɐ̃s.teɻ/",
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        "Southern-Brazil"
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        "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
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          "english": "Justice League arrives as one of the main blockbusters for the end of year season.",
          "ref": "2017 November 15, Adolfo López, “La Liga de la Justicia llega esta noche a salas mexicanas [Justice League arrives tonight in Mexican theaters]”, in El Sol de México",
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      "ipa": "[bloɣ̞ˈβ̞as.t̪eɾ]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-asteɾ"
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}

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