1. Out of working order ('busted' is an informal substitute for 'broken')
   "the coke machine is busted"
   - broken, out of order, rooted [Austral, NZ], buggered [Brit]

1. Ruin completely
   - break 
2. Search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on
   - raid 
3. Separate or cause to separate abruptly
   - 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, buster, damaged

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

Encyclopedia: Bust Bust, Bas-Rhin

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