verb
- Ruin completely.
- usage: "He busted my radio"
- Search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on.
- usage: "The police raided the crack house"
- Separate or cause to separate abruptly.
- usage: "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper"
- Go to pieces.
- usage: "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely"
- synonyms: break, wear, wear out, bust, fall apart
- Break open or apart suddenly and forcefully.
- usage: "The dam burst"
adjective
- Out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken'. )
- usage: "a broken washing machine"; "the coke machine is broken"; "the coke machine is busted"
- synonyms: broken
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