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Meanings of busting in English
Synonyms
Examples for "arrest"
Examples for "arrest"
1
His 17 months of house arrest has worsened his health, he said.
2
However, the suspects in the case managed to evade arrest, Koena said.
3
But a government spokesman said on Thursday Nasheed no longer faced arrest.
4
Today: London High Court hearing into the arrest of Gen Pinochet resumes.
5
Burma's junta leader later commuted the sentence to 18 months' house arrest.
1
In response, the federal government launched its most intensive white-collar criminal investigation.
2
In testing the collar, I had some problems with this feature, however.
3
Despite his efforts, a fine frost began to form along the collar.
4
Or to understand that blue-collar voters are an important demographic these days?
5
Nardelli also said Chrysler's remaining white-collar workers would share in the sacrifice.
1
That said; don't assume you have to seize every available opportunity going.
2
Others worry U.S. military clout may ultimately be used to seize resources.
3
In rare cases, the agency can hold up approvals or seize products.
4
The malaria community should seize this opportunity to make their needs heard.
5
But our government wants to seize this opportunity to accelerate the process.
1
In the early days of the financial crisis, ACA Capital went bust.
2
But Polonsky soon went bust and ran afoul of the Russian state.
3
The bust took place at the border between South Africa and Zimbabwe.
4
In short, a good portion of the local stockbroking firms are bust.
5
In July 2012, home prices were still falling from the housing bust.
1
However, it allowed soldiers to detain hundreds of junta critics without charge.
2
Now, Watson, I won't detain you from your legitimate work any longer.
3
They were the same things that the military used to detain prisoners.
4
Then I do not think that I need detain you any longer.
5
Then I do not think that I need to detain you longer.
1
State prosecutors routinely use the subversion charge to imprison dissidents for years.
2
Whose cleverness had been enough to imprison him in the long ago.
3
Then she looked at me and said, But he'll never imprison me.
4
It can also imprison that person's relatives, who are guilty by association.
5
She was not a Tezerenee; she would imprison Lochivan if she could.
1
Does all our mythological mystery end with a policeman collaring a butler?
2
No; and think of the lark of landing and collaring the island, too.
3
The officers made no reply, but, collaring Ruby, pushed him into the boat.
4
I'll go with you quietly, so no collaring or that sort of thing.
5
Don't let's fall to collaring each other like men of Auvergne.
Usage of busting in English
1
I'm just saying that's the nature of it: combat and sanctions busting.
2
Fast-rising CO2 levels are almost entirely the reason for the record-busting year.
3
The programme has brought wallet-busting add-ons to the company's cars since 1986.
4
And few cases ever turn on the trust-busting musings of the citizenry.
5
No wonder so much gut-busting work leads to so much gut-wrenching failure.
6
We've had to do a bit of fake-news busting this week, too.
7
Used for busting rocks, they can easily be repurposed to bust zombies.
8
It's all a bit cumbersome, but sometimes busting ghosts means not complaining.
9
Both are essential for record-busting speed ascents, but we weren't after records.
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Travel executive Chris Adams discusses the tourism boom that's busting our infrastructure.
11
Jones laughed to himself, surprised that Payne was still busting his balls.
12
Lew Wee thought he was an anarchist, busting up property that way.
13
I'd like to reintroduce our inmates to the joys of busting rock.
14
These burgers are the no-nonsense, gut-busting, flavoursome gift that keeps on giving.
15
You're busting me for failure to maintain safe housing for my pets.
16
He's loaded with money, he's stuffed with money, he's busting with money.
About this term
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Translations for busting
Portuguese
Catalan
Busting through the time
Busting across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common