a 900-page blockbuster of a novel
the movie is expected to be the biggest blockbuster of the summer
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1942
bomb, bummer, bust, catastrophe, clinker, debacle (also débâcle), dud, failure, fiasco, flop, misfire, turkey, washout;
crackerjack (also crackajack), dandy, jim-dandy, pip, prizewinner;
: something that is very large, expensive, or successful
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