blockbuster
A high-explosive bomb used for the purposes of demolishing extensive areas, such as a city block.
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[The Kaiju Locust Mom] Blockbuster Donothon Day 7: @makari.bsky.social interview + Celeste randomizer www.twitch.tv/take2action
actually no, regardless of if the movie is good it's a bad trailer. it's the most trailer-ass trailer that ever trailed. hopefully that's the studio trying to pretend it's a big hype action blockbuster when it's act…
Leeds Rhinos winger Maika Sivo is free to face Wigan Warriors in next week's blockbuster clash after avoiding suspension #leedsrhinos
Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ Trailer Turns Homer Into an IMAX Blockbuster https://manofmany.com/entertainment/movies-tv/christopher-nolan-the-odyssey-second-trailer
It's blockbuster book season: Here are 12 new titles coming in May flip.it/fH_QsI
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A high-explosive bomb used for the purposes of demolishing extensive areas, such as a city block.
He was watching the blockbuster film series Harry Potter.
“actually no, regardless of if the movie is good it's a bad trailer. it's the most trailer-ass trailer that ever trailed. hopefully that's the studio trying to pretend it's a big hype action blockbuster when it's actually a clockmaker character study or something”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ Trailer Turns Homer Into an IMAX Blockbuster https://manofmany.com/entertainment/movies-tv/christopher-nolan-the-odyssey-second-trailer”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(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.
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(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.
Many—such as plants' relationships with mycorrhizal fungi—have been blockbuster moments in the history of life, with world-changing consequences.
“[The Kaiju Locust Mom] Blockbuster Donothon Day 7: @makari.bsky.social interview + Celeste randomizer www.twitch.tv/take2action”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Leeds Rhinos winger Maika Sivo is free to face Wigan Warriors in next week's blockbuster clash after avoiding suspension #leedsrhinos”
— Bluesky· May 2026“It's blockbuster book season: Here are 12 new titles coming in May flip.it/fH_QsI”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The model appears to have been... see what Disney's bringing out, do a straight-to-video cartoon of something similar, often with the same title, and get it in Blockbuster video before Disney does, then get people to rent it by accident.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“#booksky It's blockbuster book season: Here are 12 new titles coming in May flip.it/fH_QsI”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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