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bust

noun as in chest of human

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noun as in arrest for illegal action

verb as in ruin, impoverish

verb as in arrest for illegal action

verb as in physically break

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According to the Colour Literacy Project, from which Salon learned to bust all of the above color myths, what we learn about color is mostly wrong.

From Salon

Sir David Behan, the OfS chairman, says a university going bust “isn’t imminent now”, but to reduce the risk higher education needs to be “radically reimagined”.

From BBC

With a sterling record of busting down doors and arresting armed suspects over her decade in SWAT, Los Angeles police Lt.

His brother committed suicide at just 15 years old in 1983, his parents divorced and his “hometown of Lafayette, Louisiana was going through the oil bust.”

From Salon

Still, past uranium booms in Canada have turned into dramatic busts.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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