Definitions
break open or apart suddenly and forcefully
Word origin
From Middle English busten, a variant of bursten, bresten (“to burst”). Compare Low German basten, a variant of barsten (“to burst”). Cognate with burst and bost.
Used in a sentence
“I busted my cooker while trying to fix it.”
“Aaron got busted by the feds for leaking confidential government documents on Reddit.”
“MythBusters”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
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