Need another word that means the same as “busted”? Find 1 synonym and 30 related words for “busted” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Busted” are: broken
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “busted” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| broken | Having been broken. The coke machine is broken. |
| bout | A wrestling or boxing match. A drinking bout. |
| breach | A personal or social separation (as between opposing factions. A breach of confidence. |
| break | Dance music featuring breakbeats. The management are out to break the union. |
| breaker | Any CB radio user. A rule breaker. |
| broken | Out of working order busted is an informal substitute for broken. A broken note. |
| cleave | Come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation. The egg cleaves to form a mulberry shaped cluster of cells. |
| cleft | Split, divided, or partially divided into two. He had a cleft chin and strong jaw. |
| cracked | Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular. The old pipes were cracked and leaking. |
| crush | The act of crushing. It turns out she thought you were flirting with her crush. |
| destroy | Destroy completely damage irreparably. He has been determined to destroy her. |
| detriment | A cause of harm or damage. Such tests are a detriment to good education. |
| disassemble | Take (something) to pieces. The piston can be disassembled for transport. |
| disintegrate | Break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity. Our shoes had to last until they disintegrated on our feet. |
| dismantle | Take off or remove. The old regime was dismantled. |
| dispersal | The action or process of distributing or spreading things or people over a wide area. Dispersals of archaic populations. |
| divisible | Capable of being divided. 24 is divisible by 4. |
| fracture | Fracture a bone of. Obsidian shows a conchoidal fracture. |
| intermission | A pause or break. The daily work goes on without intermission. |
| interruption | An act of delaying or interrupting the continuity. The telephone is an annoying interruption. |
| partible | (of e.g. property) capable of being parted or divided. The entire family lost status as a consequence of partible inheritance. |
| piece | Repair by adding pieces. Each employee owns a piece of the company. |
| quash | Reject as invalid, especially by legal procedure. A hospital executive quashed rumours that nursing staff will lose jobs. |
| recess | Put into a recess. A table set into a recess. |
| rupture | State of being torn or burst open. Once trust and confidence has been ruptured it can be difficult to regain. |
| shatter | Damage or destroy. Bullets riddled the bar top glasses shattered bottles exploded. |
| smash | An act or sound of something smashing. The window smashed. |
| snap | Move with a snapping sound. A cold snap. |
| split | An instance or act of splitting or being split a division. The river had split into a number of channels. |
| sunder | Break apart or in two, using violence. A universe sundered ages ago in a divine war. |
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