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1. Not in working order; not functioning
   "the coke machine is busted";
   - broken, bust [Brit, informal], up the spout [informal], knackered [Brit, informal], out of order, on the blink [informal], on the fritz [N. Amer, informal], kaput [informal], rooted [Austral, NZ, informal]
    
2. [informal] Caught doing something forbidden
   - found out [informal]

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: damaged, take down, tear up, trash [informal], wear away, whittle down, wreck

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

Encyclopedia: Busted, Broke and American