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• n  an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down
• n  something that is strikingly attractive or has great popular appeal
  the brilliant orange flowers against the green foliage were a showstopper

• It is a D'Oyly Carte tradition that Ko-Ko, the Lord High Executioner, proscribe a modern villain or two in his first-act showstopper, I've Got a Little List.
• And to his fans, Cage's two-finger piano solo, surrounded by silence in mid-ballet, was almost a showstopper.
• Shaiman, whose songwriting credits include showstoppers from South Park: Bigger, Longer Uncut, called his troupe the "Sacramento Community College Players" because of outrage .

• show-stopper
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News & Articles

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• Lightning storm forces cancelation of Carlsbad's Western Week rodeo
  CARLSBAD - Rodeos go on rain or shine but lightning, however, tends to be a showstopper. The American Junior Rodeo Association was forced to cancel its rodeo at the Eddy County Sheriff's Posse Arena on Thursday and Friday.
  June 21, 2013 - Carlsbad Current-Argus

Quotes

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• Reba McEntire in NewsOK.com (blog)
  I was so thrilled with that performance,Oklahoma-born superstar Reba McEntire recently told the Associated Press. "I thought it was very gutsy of them, too, not to do their single, but to do a live performance. It was a showstopper. They...
• Chris McKay in Scientific American
  Nothing that we know rules it out. There's still a lot of uncertainty, but nothing that's a showstopper,McKay said.
• Michael Fincke in FOXNews
  The show was fabulous, absolutely fabulous. It was a concept-based show, so it was not a regular base show where you have models like any other show as a showstopper. Everything, the lights, clothes, models with face covered; there was so much... Vivek Oberoi http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivek_Oberoi&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFmdpxQUsGCr0FYpgEf99N674PWVQ Daily News & Analysis http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report_models-promote-rohit-gandhi-rahul-khanna-outfits-at-wills-fashion-week_1364071&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNF4TGmnYGctX-1yoBjOBebqwezXCQ Mar 27, 2010 89661 119332 showtime It's the eve of showtime," space station commander Mike Fincke told flight controllers on the ground. "Everyone get some rest. We're going to have a great day tomorrow."