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1
a person or thing that is successful
- the movie is expected to be the biggest blockbuster of the summer
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- blue chip,
- blue chipper,
- corker,
- crackerjack
- (also crackajack),
- dandy,
- jim-dandy,
- pip,
- prizewinner
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2
something that is unusually large and powerful
- a blockbuster of a fighter plane
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