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1. Not in working order; not functioning
   "the coke machine is busted";
   - broken, kaput, knackered [Brit], rooted [Austral, NZ], out of order, on the fritz [N. Amer], on the blink

1. Ruin completely
   - break
    
2. Search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on
   "The police bust the crack house";
   - raid
    
3. Separate or cause to separate abruptly
   "bust the paper";
   - tear, rupture, snap
    
4. Go to pieces
   - break, wear, wear out, fall apart
    
5. Break open or apart suddenly and forcefully
   - burst

See also: bust up, damaged

Type of: assail, attack, break, come apart, crumble, decay, destroy, dilapidate, disunite, divide, fall apart, part, ruin, separate, spifflicate, spiflicate, split up

Encyclopedia: Busted