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bust

[buhst] / bʌst /
NOUN
chest of human
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NOUN
arrest for illegal action
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STRONG
letting go release
WEAK


VERB
physically break
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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.

From The Wall Street Journal

There he wrote about local politics, crime, hurricanes, environmental issues and the housing boom and subsequent bust along Alabama’s beaches.

From The Wall Street Journal

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