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blockbuster
noun- a capsule of pentobarbital sodium (trade name Nembutal), a central nervous system depressant US
Sometimes shortened to “buster”. - — Clarence Major, Dictionary of Afro-American Slang, p. 27, 1970
- — Mike Haskins, Drugs, p. 282, 2003
- a heavy bomb powerful enough to flatten a city block; hence anything that makes a considerable impact US, 1942
Initially used by the Royal Air Force; since the 1960s generally applied as journalistic or marketing terms for films, novels, etc. - When I was a child in the London blitz, a blockbuster was a massive bomb that could knock out a neighbourhood. The blockbuster movie, now utterly dominant and crushing better films, is set to destroy the Hollywood studios; the monster is turning on its makers. The blockbuster now costs so much to make and market that no one can afford them any more. — The Guardian, 6 September 2003
- a .357 Magnum bullet US
- — American Speech, p. 267, December 1962: “The language of traffic policemen”
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