"blockbuster" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈblɒkˌbʌs.tə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈblɑkˌbʌs.tɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-blockbuster.wav 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. Categories (topical): Explosives 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 Explosives: 21 9 28 3 29 12 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), kultinis serialas [masculine] (Lithuanian), 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 72 19 2 1 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 Categories (topical): Explosives
    Sense id: en-blockbuster-en-noun-237KdIQn Disambiguation of Explosives: 21 9 28 3 29 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Kyrgyz translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 12 49 2 1 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 10 66 1 1 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 17 12 47 2 2 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 11 50 1 1 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 13 8 44 7 5 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 12 7 42 7 5 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 15 9 44 6 4 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 13 10 42 5 4 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 11 11 41 5 6 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 17 11 49 3 3 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 13 8 42 5 3 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 14 9 43 5 4 26 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 17 12 50 2 2 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 11 8 41 8 6 25 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 17 11 49 4 3 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 19 11 47 5 3 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 14 9 44 5 3 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 15 9 42 7 4 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 17 10 52 2 2 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 17 10 52 2 2 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 13 8 42 5 3 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 13 8 42 5 4 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Kyrgyz translations: 13 8 42 5 4 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 13 8 43 5 3 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 15 10 42 6 4 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 13 8 47 5 3 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 12 8 40 5 3 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 15 9 58 2 2 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 17 12 51 1 1 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 13 8 43 5 3 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 13 8 42 5 4 27
  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: 21 9 28 3 29 12
  6. (US) One who engages in blockbusting (technique encouraging people to sell property). Tags: US Categories (topical): Explosives
    Sense id: en-blockbuster-en-noun-s4CRdIrF Disambiguation of Explosives: 21 9 28 3 29 12 Categories (other): American English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: blockbuster drug, blockbusterish, blockbusterize, bonkbuster, knockbuster, megablockbuster, mockbuster, nonblockbuster, schlockbuster Related terms: block, blockbust [verb], bunker buster, bust, dambuster

Inflected forms

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          "_dis1": "83 17 0 0 0 0",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "high-explosive bomb",
          "word": "巨型炸彈"
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          "sense": "high-explosive bomb",
          "word": "巨型炸弹"
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          "code": "fo",
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          "sense": "high-explosive bomb",
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "high-explosive bomb",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "high-explosive bomb",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
        {
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "high-explosive bomb",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
        {
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "high-explosive bomb",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "Wohnblockknacker"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 17 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "burokubasutā",
          "sense": "high-explosive bomb",
          "word": "ブロックバスター"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "eŋ kubattuu fugas bomba",
          "sense": "high-explosive bomb",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "эң кубаттуу фугас бомба"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "fugásnaja bómba",
          "sense": "high-explosive bomb",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "фуга́сная бо́мба"
        },
        {
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "high-explosive bomb",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "bombazo"
        },
        {
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "high-explosive bomb",
          "word": "kvartersbomb"
        }
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      "links": [
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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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          "_dis1": "3 72 19 2 1 2",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "blūkbāstar",
          "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "بْلُوكْبَاسْتَر"
        },
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          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "blokbaster",
          "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
          "word": "բլոկբաստեր"
        },
        {
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "blokbáster",
          "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "блокба́стэр"
        },
        {
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "blokbǎ́stǎr",
          "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "блокбъ́стър"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 72 19 2 1 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 72 19 2 1 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"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 72 19 2 1 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 72 19 2 1 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"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 72 19 2 1 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "trhák"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 72 19 2 1 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 72 19 2 1 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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          "code": "fo",
          "english": "book",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "metsølubók"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 72 19 2 1 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
          "word": "jymymenestys"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 72 19 2 1 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "blockbuster"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 72 19 2 1 2",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "bloḳbasṭeri",
          "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
          "word": "ბლოკბასტერი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 72 19 2 1 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Blockbuster"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 72 19 2 1 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Verkaufsschlager"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 72 19 2 1 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Kassenknüller"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 72 19 2 1 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Knüller"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 72 19 2 1 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Hit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 72 19 2 1 2",
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      "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"
      },
      "expansion": "block + buster",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From block + buster, referring originally to aerial bombs capable of destroying a whole block of buildings.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "blockbusters",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "block"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "blockbust"
    },
    {
      "word": "bunker buster"
    },
    {
      "word": "bust"
    },
    {
      "word": "dambuster"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A high-explosive bomb used for the purposes of demolishing extensive areas, such as a city block."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bomb",
          "bomb"
        ],
        [
          "city",
          "city"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Something, such as a film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales, as opposed to a box office bomb."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "film",
          "film"
        ],
        [
          "book",
          "book"
        ],
        [
          "box office bomb",
          "box office bomb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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": "quote"
        },
        {
          "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": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "film",
          "film"
        ],
        [
          "book",
          "book"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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": "quote"
        },
        {
          "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": "quote"
        },
        {
          "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": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Anything very large or powerful; a whopper."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "whopper",
          "whopper"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) Anything very large or powerful; a whopper."
      ],
      "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": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈblɒkˌbʌs.tə(ɹ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈblɑkˌbʌs.tɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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  "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": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kultinis serialas"
    },
    {
      "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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