bust
Example Sentences
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“This fight extends beyond devastating job losses and new forms of union busting,” a copy of the letter states.
From Los Angeles Times
The NFL has long been a brutal place for young quarterbacks, who can overnight go from the next big superstar to a busted flush.
From Barron's
His jersey might as well have read “bust” on the back.
There he wrote about local politics, crime, hurricanes, environmental issues and the housing boom and subsequent bust along Alabama’s beaches.
The university said it was going to remove the name Senator George J Mitchell, from the Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice, and remove a commemorative bust from its campus.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.