All bust synonyms

verb bust

• ruin — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
• apprehend — If the police apprehend someone, they catch them and arrest them.
• pinch — to squeeze or compress between the finger and thumb, the teeth, the jaws of an instrument, or the like.
• detain — When people such as the police detain someone, they keep them in a place under their control.
• fracture — the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition. Compare comminuted fracture, complete fracture, compound fracture, greenstick fracture, simple fracture.
• burst — If something bursts or if you burst it, it suddenly breaks open or splits open and the air or other substance inside it comes out.
• break — When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
• fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
• pauperize — to make a pauper of: His extravagance pauperized him.
• crash — A crash is an accident in which a moving vehicle hits something and is damaged or destroyed.
• nab — to arrest or capture.
• cop — A cop is a policeman or policewoman.
• search — to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.
• raid — a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed: a police raid on a gambling ring.
• catch — If you catch a person or animal, you capture them after chasing them, or by using a trap, net, or other device.
• collar — The collar of a shirt or coat is the part which fits round the neck and is usually folded over.
• fold — to confine (sheep or other domestic animals) in a fold.
• rupture — the act of breaking or bursting: The flood led to the rupture of the dam.
• fold up — a part that is folded; pleat; layer: folds of cloth.
• pick up — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
• pull in — to draw or haul toward oneself or itself, in a particular direction, or into a particular position: to pull a sled up a hill.
• run in — an act or instance, or a period of running: a five-minute run before breakfast.