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"sense": "high-explosive bomb",
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "high-explosive bomb",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Luftmine"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "high-explosive bomb",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "high-explosive bomb",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "Wohnblockknacker"
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"code": "ja",
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"roman": "burokubasutā",
"sense": "high-explosive bomb",
"word": "ブロックバスター"
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"roman": "eŋ kubattuu fugas bomba",
"sense": "high-explosive bomb",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "эң кубаттуу фугас бомба"
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"sense": "high-explosive bomb",
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"word": "բլոկբաստեր"
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"roman": "jùpiān",
"sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
"word": "巨片"
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"sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
"word": "風靡一時的事物"
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"broadcasting",
"media"
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"word": "jymymenestys"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "blockbuster"
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"roman": "bloḳbasṭeri",
"sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
"word": "ბლოკბასტერი"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "Blockbuster"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
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"masculine"
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"word": "Verkaufsschlager"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "Kassenknüller"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "Knüller"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "Hit"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
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"word": "Kassenschlager"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
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"code": "de",
"english": "book",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
"tags": [
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"word": "Bestseller"
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"roman": "blokmpáster",
"sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
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"sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
"word": "rendkívül sikeres mű"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
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"word": "successo commerciale"
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"sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
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"roman": "blokbaster",
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"sense": "film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales",
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"word": "arrasa-quarteirão"
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"roman": "blokbástɛr",
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"ref": "1961, “Ives”, in Twentieth Century Music In The Western Hemisphere, J. B. Lippincott, page 146",
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"ref": "1994, “Drama”, in Whitaker's Almanack, 1994, page 1135",
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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?\"",
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"ref": "2021 July 21, Neil Irwin, “Is the U.S. Economy Too Hot or Too Cold? Yes.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
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"ref": "2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 211",
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"firecracker",
"firecracker"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "American English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"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"
}
],
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"One who engages in blockbusting (technique encouraging people to sell property)."
],
"id": "en-blockbuster-en-noun-s4CRdIrF",
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[
"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"
]
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"en:blockbuster"
],
"word": "blockbuster"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 3-syllable words",
"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"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "blockbuster drug"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"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"
},
"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": {},
"expansion": "blockbuster (plural blockbusters)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"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": "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"
}
],
"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"
]
},
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"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": "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"
}
],
"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": "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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