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Adjective busted has 3 senses
- busted - (used informally especially of bones) fractured; "my arm is busted"; "I got my head busted in the fight"; "can't play with a busted baseball bat"
Antonym: unbroken (indirect, via broken)
- burst, ruptured, busted - suddenly and violently broken open especially from internal pressure (`busted' is an informal term for `burst'); "a burst balloon"; "burst pipes"; "burst seams"; "a ruptured appendix"; "a busted balloon"
Antonym: undamaged (indirect, via damaged)
- broken, busted - out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken'); "a broken washing machine"; "the coke machine is broken"; "the coke machine is busted"
Antonym: undamaged (indirect, via damaged)
Verb bust has 5 senses
- break, bust - ruin completely; "He busted my radio!"
--1 is one way to destroy, ruin
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- raid, bust - search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on; "The police raided the crack house"
--2 is one way to attack, assail
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Somebody ----s somebody
- tear, rupture, snap, bust - separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper"
--3 is one way to separate, disunite, divide, part
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- break, wear, wear out, bust, fall apart - go to pieces; "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely"
--4 is one way to decay, crumble, delapidate
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- burst, bust - break open or apart suddenly and forcefully; "The dam burst"
--5 is one way to break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart
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