blockbust

[ blok-buhst ]

/ ˈblɒkˌbʌst /

verb (used with or without object)

to subject or be subjected to blockbusting: Developers blockbusted in order to buy up the entire area.

Nearby words

block, herbert lawrence, blockade, blockade-runner, blockage, blockboard, blockbust, blockbuster, blockbusting, blocked, blocked shoe, blocker

Origin of blockbust

Americanism; by back formation from blockbuster or blockbusting

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