bust sth up
— phrasal verb with bust uk/bʌst/us/bʌst/verb [ T ] busted or UK also bust, busted or UK also bust
mainly US informal to damage something and make it end:
The police has busted up two automobile theft rings.
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bust-up
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Preventing and impeding
- avert
- avoid
- avoidable
- bar
- be a drag on sb/sth idiom
- block sth out
- blot
- bottleneck
- derail
- fireproof
- hold out on sb
- hold sb/sth back
- holding pattern
- impede
- impedimenta
- prevention is better than cure idiom
- preventive
- prohibit
- pull
- pull the rug from under sb's feet idiom
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Damaging and spoiling