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Synonyms for bust
bʌstbust
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Princeton's WordNet
flop, bust, fizzlenoun
a complete failure
"the play was a dismal flop"
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flop, hiss, floating-point operation, dud, tear, bout, hissing, washout, sibilation, collapse, binge, fizzle, hushing, female chestAntonyms:
richfemale chest, bustnoun
the chest of a woman
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flop, binge, female chest, fizzle, tear, boutAntonyms:
richbustnoun
a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person
Synonyms:
flop, binge, female chest, fizzle, tear, boutAntonyms:
richbust, tear, binge, boutadjective
an occasion for excessive eating or drinking
"they went on a bust that lasted three days"
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flop, rip, snag, round, bout, split, tear, teardrop, orgy, binge, fizzle, female chest, rent, splurge, turnAntonyms:
richbroke, bust, skint, stone-broke, stony-brokeverb
lacking funds
"`skint' is a British slang term"
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skint, broke, stony-broke, stone-brokeAntonyms:
richbreak, bustverb
ruin completely
"He busted my radio!"
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rupture, demote, kick downstairs, tear, cave in, collapse, let on, break-dance, split up, interrupt, offend, reveal, die, disclose, soften, expose, pause, fail, smash, erupt, wear out, weaken, get around, go bad, break up, recrudesce, transgress, break away, split, unwrap, come apart, bankrupt, crack, ruin, dampen, break, give away, get out, break off, separate, fall apart, break out, fall in, give out, go, founder, break in, break dance, stop, intermit, divulge, breach, check, snap off, damp, violate, infract, give, fracture, bring out, break down, discontinue, give way, conk out, better, part, relegate, burst, wear, raid, bump, snap, go against, discover, develop, let outAntonyms:
richraid, bustverb
search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on
"The police raided the crack house"
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tear, rupture, wear, wear out, foray into, snap, raid, break, fall apart, burstAntonyms:
richtear, rupture, snap, bustverb
separate or cause to separate abruptly
"The rope snapped"; "tear the paper"
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wear out, buck, snatch up, click, fall apart, shoot, burst, flick, deplume, break down, crack, displume, pluck, photograph, break, shoot down, lose it, tear, raid, pull, wear, charge, snap, snatch, deplumate, snarl, ruptureAntonyms:
richbreak, wear, wear out, bust, fall apartverb
go to pieces
"The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely"
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crack, raid, tire out, break away, give way, hold out, soften, reveal, develop, unwrap, conk out, assume, jade, collapse, die, transgress, founder, weaken, discover, snap off, stop, go, demote, tire, break out, separate, don, split, give away, damp, wear off, smash, get into, interrupt, have on, get out, fracture, relegate, bring out, violate, divulge, pause, let on, get around, wear out, cave in, wear down, break-dance, break up, check, wear thin, give out, break in, give, split up, wear upon, better, burst, go bad, endure, rupture, breach, break off, disclose, erupt, weary, recrudesce, break dance, go against, dampen, fatigue, break down, fall in, tear, put on, bump, let out, ruin, fall apart, fag out, offend, kick downstairs, bear, part, infract, outwear, fail, come apart, bankrupt, crumble, go to pieces, expose, break, discontinue, intermit, snap, wearAntonyms:
richburst, bustverb
break open or apart suddenly and forcefully
"The dam burst"
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wear out, bristle, abound, tear, collapse, break open, break, snap, raid, erupt, wear, burst, split, fall apart, explode, ruptureAntonyms:
rich
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How to use bust in a sentence?
The positive example I often point to is when Magic Johnson talked about being HIV-positive, which provided a moment to bust stigma around HIV.
Smooth transitions are good, i will say on the smooth transitions front, we are going through a smooth transition as well. We have already prepared a bust of President-elect Trump to go into our Hall of the Presidents at Disney World.
President Moon has to really deliver in terms of making President Donald Trump feel like this summit isn't going to go bust, no one wants to walk into a meeting that's going to fail. I think tomorrow's meeting is critical in terms of whether we're really going to have Washington and Pyongyang meeting.
For the first time in a decade - which includes the boom period and the bust period also - REER is moving up and exports are moving down.
Holding more inventory, or adding another production line as a business contingency measure may improve a company's robustness in the face of disaster, but it won't necessarily improve its global competitiveness, companies which take such steps at the cost of competitiveness would probably go bust even before the next disaster occurs.
Translations for bust
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- إفلاسArabic
- бюст, арестувам, счупвам, разбивамBulgarian
- bustCatalan, Valencian
- busta, bystaCzech
- einlochen, BüsteGerman
- μπούστοGreek
- bustoEsperanto
- fiasco, busto, reventarSpanish
- مجسمه نیم تنهPersian
- rikkoa, ratsia, pysti, pidättää, povi, rintakuva, pidätysFinnish
- arrêter, bouziller, buste, prendre sur le fait, fiasco, choper, pincer, attraper, prendre la main dans le sac, éclater, niquer, arrestationFrench
- mellszoborHungarian
- կիսանդրիArmenian
- payudaraIndonesian
- bustoIdo
- brjóstmyndIcelandic
- sgamare, far scoppiare, acciuffare, scoppiare, fiasco, attaccare, arresto, busto, rompere, sfasciare, fare irruzione, irruzioneItalian
- חזהHebrew
- 乳房, 半身像, 胸像Japanese
- 앞가슴, 흉상Korean
- bysteNorwegian
- bij de lurven pakken, fiasco, breken, oppakken, razzia, borstbeeld, betrappen, barsten, vatten, buste, flop, arrestatieDutch
- bysteNorwegian Nynorsk
- fiasko, pierś, klapa, nalot, popiersiePolish
- bustoPortuguese
- бюст, рейд, женская грудь, налёт, облаваRussian
- bista, бистаSerbo-Croatian
- bystSwedish
- büstTurkish
- бюстUkrainian
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