blockbuster

Meaning

Noun

• A high-explosive bomb used for the purposes of demolishing extensive areas, such as a city block.
• Something, such as a film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales, as opposed to a box office bomb.
• 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
• Anything very large or powerful; a whopper.
• A large firework of the firecracker type; an M-80.
• One who engages in blockbusting .

Origin

• block + buster