Vocabulary
Bust
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
break, split, or burst.
Urdu meaning
ناکامی، ناکام ہونا، دیوالیہ ہونا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- This may also be the best way to insulate our country from the boom-and-bust cycles that accompany our reliance on geopolitical relevance for the dollars to flow.
- But it will be enough to ensure there is no painful bust either.
- Instead, it is the second such bust in the city in a single week proof that Pakistan`s organ trafficking industry is thriving under the nose of the state.
- The minister rightly warned against a `sugar rush` for faster growth, saying the last thing the country needs is more boomand-bust cycles.
- Beating terrorism requires proactive engagement with foreign friends and neighbours, as well as internal security efforts and intel operations to bust terrorist cells.
Synonyms
break, crack, snap, fracture, shatter, smash, smash to smithereens, fragment.
Antonyms
bushel, touch on, furbish up, fix
Curator example
“they bust the tunnel wide open”
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