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busted

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bust·ed  (bstd)
adj.
1. Slang
a. Smashed or broken: busted glass; a busted rib.
b. Out of order; inoperable: a busted vending machine.
2. Bankrupt or out of funds: I'd offer to pay but I'm busted.
3. Tamed or broken: a busted bronco.
4. Slang Placed under arrest: a busted shoplifter.

busted [ˈbʌstəd]
adj
Informal caught out doing something wrong and therefore in trouble you are so busted
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.busted - out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken'); "a broken washing machine"; "the coke machine is broken"; "the coke machine is busted"
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
damaged - harmed or injured or spoiled; "I won't buy damaged goods"; "the storm left a wake of badly damaged buildings"


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Just a rubbish-pile of bat- tered corpses and a barrel or two of busted hardware.
We busted it up, and chased the children up the hollow; but we never got anything but some doughnuts and jam, though Ben Rogers got a rag doll, and Jo Harper got a hymn-book and a tract; and then the teacher charged in, and made us drop everything and cut.
Only last Saturday my Joe busted a firecracker right under my nose and I knocked him sprawling.
 
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