BLOCK BUST

block·bust

[blok-buhst]
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
to subject or be subjected to blockbusting: Developers blockbusted in order to buy up the entire area.

Origin:
Americanism; by back formation from blockbuster or blockbusting

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