Full record for planet-buster adj.
| Definition | capable of destroying a planet |
| OED requirements | antedating 1959 |
| Earliest cite | F. Herbert 'The Missing Link' |
| Comment | Stuart Young submitted a cite from a 1981 reprint of Frank Herbert's "The Godmakers". Malcolm Farmer submitted a 1959 cite from Frank Herbert's "Missing Link", which was included in Herbert's "The Godmakers". Malcolm Farmer submitted a 1996 cite from Peter Hamilton's "The Reality Dysfunction". Malcolm Farmer submitted a cite from a reprint of James Tiptree's "Collision"; Mike Christie verified the cite in the 1986 first magazine appearance. Jeff Prucher submitted a cite from a reprint of a review by John Clute; Mike Christie verified the cite in the 1973 first magazine appearance. Douglas Winston submitted a 1989 cite for the form "Planetbuster" from Nick Pollotta and Phil Foglio's "Illegal Aliens",
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| Last modified | 6 July, 2008 |