doorbuster

noun

door·​bust·​er ˈdȯr-ˌbə-stər 

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

Examples of doorbuster in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The retailer always has doorbusters and this year is no different. —Jessica Kasparian, SELF, 2 Dec. 2024

The annual sales event no longer creates the midnight mall crowds or doorbuster mayhem of recent decades, in large part due to the ease of online shopping and habits forged during the COVID-19 pandemic. —Chris Morris, Fortune, 29 Nov. 2024

Best Buy's early 2024 Black Friday deals sit at more than 400 items, with new in-store and digital doorbusters every Friday through Dec. 20. —Chris Sims, The Arizona Republic, 27 Nov. 2024

Forever 21 has doorbusters in that department, too. —Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 27 Nov. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1917, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for doorbuster

• adjuster
• baluster
• blockbuster
• combustor
• lackluster
• bluster
• buster
• cluster
• duster
• juster
• luster
• lustre