[ US /ˈbəst/ ]
[ UK /bˈʌst/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. lacking funds
    `skint' is a British slang term
VERB
  1. separate or cause to separate abruptly
    tear the paper
    The rope snapped
  2. break open or apart suddenly and forcefully
    The dam burst
  3. search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on
    The police raided the crack house
  4. ruin completely
    He busted my radio!
  5. go to pieces
    The gears wore out
    The old chair finally fell apart completely
    The lawn mower finally broke
NOUN
  1. a complete failure
    the play was a dismal flop
  2. the chest of a woman
  3. a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person
  4. an occasion for excessive eating or drinking
    they went on a bust that lasted three days
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How To Use bust In A Sentence

  • Someone who really wanted to stop unsanctioned immigration would begin here, by busting the small contractors who employ these workers on a contingent basis.
  • Which drugs become blockbusters is in many respects a lottery. Times, Sunday Times
  • Some retailers, including Sears, have already held some "door-buster" early-morning sales, which makes Black Friday -- the day after Thanksgiving that's looked upon as a kick-off to the holiday shopping season -- a little "grayer," he said. Boulder Daily Camera Most Viewed
  • The engine on the X-51, called a supersonic-combustion ramjet, or "scramjet," pulls off a couple of especially tricky tasks. When Supersonic Is Just Too Slow
  • Christie was involved in an angry bust-up with reporters and photographers outside the courtroom.
  • Hopefully, some of the more level-headed members of the council can prevail and make the Boom Town fiasco a bust.
  • combustion products are exhausted in the engine
  • Wilder grew up loving Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin, but his great idol was famed director Ernst Lubitsch.
  • It's an extremely robust plant that knits tightly together. Times, Sunday Times
  • Representing France, Jean-Marc Bustamante conjures a ‘Pavilion of the Amazons,’ which centers on four large color photographs of solitary, unsmiling young women standing in resolutely unpicturesque landscapes.
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