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单词 busting
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bustingn.

Brit. /ˈbʌstɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈbəstɪŋ/
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bursting n.; bust v.2, -ing suffix1.
Etymology: Originally a variant of bursting n.; in later use < bust v.2 + -ing suffix1.
Bursting, breaking; the action of bust v.2 (in various senses). Also: an instance of this.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > [noun] > bursting
rupture?a1425
rumpurea1492
bursting1526
busting1576
abruption1654
dissilition1660
burst1832
1576 G. Whetstone Ortchard of Repentance 103 in Rocke of Regard Frame not your gate as men on egges, Whome busting doth affray.
1778 S. Tucker Let. 1 Apr. in B. Franklin Papers (1987) XXVI. 217 I've had the Misfortune to loose my 1st Lieut...by the Busting of a Gun.
1827 N.Y. Mirror 6 Jan. 188/3 Maximilian was reported to have died suddenly by the busting of a blood-vessel.
1893 Harper's Mag. Dec. 75/1 The ‘busting’ of a bronco which no one else can ‘crawl’.
1918 C. Dawson Let. 6 Sept. in Living Bayonets (1919) lxxvi. 203 It was worth living for—worth doing—that busting of the Hindenburg Line.
1950 Western Polit. Q. 3 394 The busting of trusts was edged out and became instrumental and indistinct.
1999 Mediaweek (Nexis) 2 Feb. The cop reality shows must renounce their tedious bustings of low-rent, trailer-park brawling alcoholics.
2011 H. W. Jenkins Chicken Shack 270 ‘You ready to bust some bad guys?’ ‘Oh, I think I'll let y'all do the busting.’
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

bustingadj.

Brit. /ˈbʌstɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈbəstɪŋ/
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bursting adj.; bust v.2, -ing suffix2.
Etymology: Originally a variant of bursting adj.; in later use < bust v.2 + -ing suffix2.
That bursts or breaks.
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1662 R. Codrington tr. G. Ruggle Ignoramus iv. ix. 135 Some pittie it twere to a busting heart, be not so faire and cruell.
1815 Acad. Recreations June 226 The busting flame, and voice of grief, And war's impetuous blaze.
1844 Michigan Farmer 1 June 63/1 Out she comes with a genteel dress, and a busting bustle; the sight of which would..disturb any sensible man's equanimity.
1871 S. P. Long Art iv. 59 The Hero, like a ball of fire, shoots up from the busting cerements.
1920 Peanut Promoter Apr. 53/2 Oh, what boy does not know the snapping, cracking noise of a busting peanut hull, in school?
2009 R. A. Nelson Days of Little Texas lxx. 336 The rented pulpit comes apart in one big, shivery scream of tearing, the sound of the busting wood mixed with the shrieking of the nails wrenching theirselves loose.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

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