bust up
End in pieces
Bust up means to break apart or destroy, either physically or figuratively.
You can bust up furniture, a relationship, or a criminal operation.
It also means to laugh uncontrollably: That joke busted me up.
A bust-up is a fight, breakup, or disruption: They had a big bust-up over money.
Break violently apart
- wreckDestroyed vessel or vehicle
- demolishDestroy completely
- shatterFragment violently, suddenly
- trashDiscarded worthless material
vandalize · damage · ruin · break · crash · pulverize · total · obliterate
Separation into parts
- separationState of being apart
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
- disbandmentFormal termination of group
- falling-outSerious dispute ending relations
estrangement · divorce · parting · rupture · severance · disintegration · collapse · termination
Disorderly group fight
- altercationHeated verbal dispute
- scuffleBrief disorderly struggle
- fracasNoisy disorderly fight
- meleeDisordered group skirmish
donnybrook · fisticuffs · skirmish · tussle · row · confrontation · clash · ruckus
smash
Break violently apart
trash · vandalize · damage · ruin · break · crash · pulverize · total · obliterate · dismantle
split
Separation into parts
- separationState of being apart
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
- disbandmentFormal termination of group
falling-out · estrangement · divorce · parting · rupture · severance · disintegration · collapse · termination · ending
brawl
Disorderly group fight
- altercationHeated verbal dispute
- scuffleBrief disorderly struggle
- fracasNoisy disorderly fight
melee · donnybrook · fisticuffs · skirmish · tussle · row · confrontation · clash · ruckus · commotion
howl
Prolonged mournful cry
- roarLoud, deep animal cry
- convulseShake involuntarily, violently
- double overBend forward suddenly
belly laugh · guffaw · cackle · chortle · snicker · hysterics · stitches · lose it
bust upget together
Informal social meeting
make up · reconcile · patch things up · get back together · reunite
bust uprepair
Restore to working order
fix · put together · mend · restore · reassemble
up, destroy, bust, breakup, busted, busts, busting, breakups