busted
buh stid
- v ruin completely
He busted my radio! - v search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on
- v separate or cause to separate abruptly
- v go to pieces
- v break open or apart suddenly and forcefully
- s out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken')
the coke machine is busted
- He took to the streets early, was busted almost at once for shoplifting, later for delivering drugs.
- That's why politicians have suddenly started to act like real human beings in their campaign ads, and why somelike Senator George Allen of "Macacagate" famehave been busted .