blockbuster | (noun) an unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel) | Synonyms: megahit, smash hit |
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(noun) a large bomb used to demolish extensive areas (as a city block) | - |
broncobuster | (noun) a person who breaks horses | Synonyms: bronco buster, buster |
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bust | (noun) an occasion for excessive eating or drinking | Synonyms: binge, bout, tear |
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(noun) a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person | - |
(noun) the chest of a woman | Synonyms: female chest |
(noun) a complete failure | Synonyms: fizzle, flop |
bustard | (noun) large heavy-bodied chiefly terrestrial game bird capable of powerful swift flight; classified with wading birds but frequents grassy steppes | - |
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buster | (noun) a person (or thing) that breaks up or overpowers something | - |
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(noun) a person who breaks horses | Synonyms: bronco buster, broncobuster |
(noun) a robust child | - |
(noun) an informal form of address for a man | Synonyms: dude, fellow |
(noun) a person born in the generation following the baby boom when the birth rate fell dramatically | Synonyms: baby buster |
bustier | (noun) a close-fitting and strapless top without sleeves that is worn by women either as lingerie or for evening dress | - |
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bustle | (noun) a rapid active commotion | Synonyms: ado, flurry, fuss, hustle, stir |
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(noun) a framework worn at the back below the waist for giving fullness to a woman's skirt | - |
combustibility | (noun) the quality of being capable of igniting and burning | Synonyms: burnability, combustibleness |
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combustible | (noun) a substance that can be burned to provide heat or power | Synonyms: combustible material |
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combustibleness | (noun) the quality of being capable of igniting and burning | Synonyms: burnability, combustibility |
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combustion | (noun) the act of burning something | Synonyms: burning |
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(noun) a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light | Synonyms: burning |
(noun) a state of violent disturbance and excitement | - |
filibuster | (noun) (law) a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches | - |
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(noun) a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes | Synonyms: filibusterer |
filibusterer | (noun) a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes | Synonyms: filibuster |
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robustness | (noun) the property of being strong and healthy in constitution | Synonyms: hardiness, lustiness |
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(noun) the characteristic of being strong enough to withstand intellectual challenge | - |
sodbuster | (noun) a person who operates a farm | Synonyms: farmer, granger, husbandman |
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trustbuster | (noun) a federal agent who engages in trust busting | - |
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