blockbuster

noun

block·bust·er ˈbläk-ˌbə-stər

often attributive

Synonyms of blockbuster next

: a very large high-explosive bomb

: one that is notably expensive, effective, successful, large, or extravagant

: one who engages in blockbusting

Example Sentences

a 900-page blockbuster of a novel the movie is expected to be the biggest blockbuster of the summer

Recent Examples on the Web Tuesday’s 2023 Oscar nominations are a key test of whether awards voters are truly ready to crown a blockbuster rather than the sort of specialty title that has come to dominate Hollywood’s favorite annual battle. —

Pamela Mcclintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Jan. 2023 But the bottom line is…The Last of Us is a blockbuster for HBO. —

Paul Tassi, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023 The game was an immediate blockbuster, earning eleven million dollars in three days. —

Simon Parkin, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2023 But more importantly, Huerta embraced the opportunity to represent people who look like him in a major Hollywood blockbuster. —

Carole Horst, Variety, 12 Jan. 2023 Trading for running back Christian McCaffrey in October was a blockbuster. —

Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Jan. 2023 The drug has the potential to be a commercial blockbuster, but only if Medicare can be convinced to pay for it. —

Adam Feuerstein Reprints, STAT, 6 Jan. 2023 Only now, in this moment in Hollywood, would an adaptation of Don DeLillo’s award-winning novel White Noise by the indie darling Noah Baumbach be funded like a blockbuster. —

David Sims, The Atlantic, 31 Dec. 2022 Even a college lecture of this kind has to be a blockbuster, the movie tells us; this is the world these people are in, brash and vibrant, supersized, where everything is an Event. —

K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 30 Dec. 2022 See More

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