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bust

[buhst] / bʌst /
NOUN
chest of human
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NOUN
arrest for illegal action
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STRONG
letting go release
WEAK


VERB
physically break
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Example Sentences

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We don't want this boom and bust, it doesn't make life easy for either of us.

From BBC

If the AI boom turns to bust, that could spell trouble for the economy.

From The Wall Street Journal

China’s real-estate boom had turned to a bust, weighing on the economy and putting a damper on consumer spending.

From The Wall Street Journal

In a global bust cycle where supply is too abundant and international prices are weak, supply will need to be cut somewhere.

From Barron's

But four years later, on a chance visit to the bank in 2022, she says she was told McClure had gone bust.

From BBC