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blockbust

American  
[blok-buhst] / ˈblɒkˌbʌst /

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to subject or be subjected to blockbusting.

    Developers blockbusted in order to buy up the entire area.

Etymology

Origin of blockbust

by back formation from blockbuster or blockbusting

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