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Adjective bust has 1 sense
- broke, bust, skint, stone-broke, stony-broke - lacking funds; "`skint' is a British slang term"
Antonym: rich (indirect, via poor)
Noun bust has 3 senses
- flop, bust - a complete failure; "the play was a dismal flop"
--1 is a kind of failure
--1 has particulars: turkey, bomb, dud
- bust - a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person
--2 is a kind of sculpture
- bust, tear, binge, bout - an occasion for excessive eating or drinking; "they went on a bust that lasted three days"
--3 is a kind of revel, revelry
--3 has particulars: piss-up
Verb bust has 5 senses
- break, bust - ruin completely; "He busted my radio!"
--1 is one way to destroy, ruin
Sample sentences:
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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
Sample sentences:
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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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