Blockbuster
The word blockbuster is used to denote something of great power or size. The word is used in particular in the entertainment industry to tell about the success of a film, book or other commercial successes.
Origin
The word has been around only from the 1940s and is also used as block-buster at times. In fact, the word was first used to correspond to a large bomb that could bust blocks in the built-up city square.
So blockbuster initially corresponded to the widespread destruction that they could cause. The entertainment sense of the word, like a spectacularly successful production, was first attested only in 1952 but has gone on to become the more used form nowadays.
Usage
That author has a reputation of writing blockbuster novels.
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