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blockbust
[ blok-buhst ]
verb (used with or without object)
- to subject or be subjected to blockbusting:
Developers blockbusted in order to buy up the entire area.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of blockbust1
Americanism; by back formation from blockbuster or blockbusting
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