| adj. | 1. | Inoperable due to damage; broken; - of a machine; |
| 2. | Arrested for committing a crime; - of a person; | |
| 3. | same as demoted; - said especially of military rank, and often folowed by | |
| 4. | same as exhausted; - of people. |
| Adj. | 1. | busted - (used informally especially of bones) fractured; "my arm is busted"; "I got my head busted in the fight"; "can't play with a busted baseball bat" |
| 2. | busted - suddenly and violently broken open especially from internal pressure (`busted' is an informal term for `burst'); "a burst balloon"; "burst pipes"; "burst seams"; "a ruptured appendix"; "a busted balloon" | |
| 3. | busted - out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken'); "a broken washing machine"; "the coke machine is broken"; "the coke machine is busted" Synonyms: broken |
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