doorbuster

noun

door·​bust·​er ˈdȯr-ˌbə-stər How to pronounce doorbuster (audio)
plural doorbusters
US
: a deeply discounted item or price promoted as part of a special sale
At night, they slept in sleeping bags and hammocks as they prepared for the year's biggest competition: beating their neighbors to discounted doorbusters.Abha Bhattarai
Best Buy, Walmart and Amazon were the shining stars as all three successfully used heavy marketing strategies and doorbuster prices, especially in electronics, to lure shoppers.Janet Morrissey

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In-store-only doorbusters, a key reason shoppers camped out ahead of sales, have also been slow to return. Kelly Tyko, Axios, 29 Nov. 2024 Best Buy: Best Buy’s Black Friday deals include new doorbusters each day. Kayla Kitts, People.com, 29 Nov. 2024 Top deals during Best Buy's Black Friday Sale 2024 Best Buy is dropping doorbusters this Thursday and Friday. Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2024 Official Black Friday deals started Nov. 21, with some doorbusters posted on Nov. 22 and more to come on Nov. 29. Chris Sims, The Arizona Republic, 27 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for doorbuster 

Word History

First Known Use

1917, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of doorbuster was in 1917

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“Doorbuster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doorbuster. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.

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