busts

Police drug raids

Busts is the plural of bust in its noun senses: sculpted heads and shoulders a gallery of Roman busts, a woman's breasts and chest dress styles for different bust sizes, and police raids or arrests drug busts.

As a verb form, busts means breaks He busts the lock, arrests The cop busts him for possession, or in poker, exceeds twenty-one and loses.

sculpture

marble

Recrystallized limestone rock

portrait · likeness · torso · sculptor · carving · gallery · museum · classical · neoclassical · antiquity

anatomy

chest

Ribcage region or strongbox

décolletage · bustline · torso · bra · corsage · silhouette · contour · figure · neckline · strapless

arrest

handcuffs

Locking wrist restraints

custody · warrant · booking · bail · arraignment · narcotics · contraband · smuggling · trafficking · crackdown

failure

bankruptcy

Legal status when insolvent

downfall · ruin · crash · foreclosure · liquidation · default · flop · washout · bomb · belly-up

Categories
Opposites
law enforcement action

bustsfrees

Removes from captivity

releases · exonerates · acquits · liberates · clears

functional integrity

bustsfixes

Repairs or solutions

repairs · mends · restores · rebuilds · preserves

success/failure outcome

bustsbooms

Rumbles or upswings

succeeds · hits · thrives · triumphs · wins

Phrases
Family

bust, busted, busting, buster, busty, bustier, bustiest

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG