blockbuster vs dynamite

blockbuster

noun
  • Anything very large or powerful; a whopper. 

  • A large firework of the firecracker type; an M-80. 

  • One who engages in blockbusting (technique encouraging people to sell property). 

  • 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 

dynamite

noun
  • Anything exceptionally dangerous, exciting or wonderful. 

  • A class of explosives made from nitroglycerine in an absorbent medium such as kieselguhr, used in mining and blasting. 

  • A stick of trinitrotoluene (TNT). 

  • A strong drug, in particular heroin, cocaine or potent marijuana. 

verb
  • To lock up from being invoked too suddenly. 

  • To blow up with dynamite or other high explosive. 

  • To dismantle or destroy. 

  • To apply maximum pressure to very quickly. 

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