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  • past participle of bust.
  • past tense form of bust.
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busted

[buhs-tid] / ˈbʌs tɪd /
















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Newly appointed BBC chief Matt Brittin recently described the licence fee as a "busted flush"

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

Louis, in comparison, is kinda busted — gloomy, tortured, unable to fully embrace the everlasting banquet Lestat has laid out for him.

From Salon Jun. 13, 2026

If he’s still standing at the end, even if Creed has busted his head open, “I’m gonna know for the first time in my life that I weren’t just another bum from the neighborhood.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

Wildlife officers have busted an illegal cockroach-breeding operation in rural Australia, seizing a skin-crawling haul worth more than $100,000 on the black market for exotic bugs.

From Barron's Jun. 5, 2026

I so wanted to tell Thomas about my busted cell phone, but I pushed play on my old iPod instead.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas




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