buster
noun
a person who breaks up something.
buster
1 American
[buhs-ter]
/ ˈbʌs tər /
noun
Informal.
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busters
plural
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a person who breaks up something.
crime busters.
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something that is very big or unusual for its kind.
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a loud, uproarious reveler.
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a frolic; spree.
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(initial capital letter) (used as a familiar term of address to a man or boy who is an object to the speaker's annoyance or anger).
Look, Buster, you're standing in my way!
Buster
2
American
[buhs-ter]
/ ˈbʌs tər /
noun
buster
British
/ ˈbʌstə /
noun
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(in combination) a person or thing destroying something as specified
dambuster
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a term of address for a boy or man
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a person who breaks horses
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a spree, esp a drinking bout
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Healthcare costs typically mount at a higher rate than overall inflation, and Medigap policies can be a budget buster.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
Debris “from bunker buster munitions can be seen around both sets of tunnel entrances,” Lair said in a social-media post.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
These bombers can carry the 30,000-pound GBU-57 “Massive Ordnance Penetrator” bunker buster, a weapon experts say is uniquely designed to penetrate underground nuclear facilities like Iran’s Fordow site.
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2025
The UFW countered that Wonderful had intimidated workers into making false statements and had brought in a labor consultant with a reputation as a union buster to manipulate their emotions in the weeks that followed.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2024
Photograph by Nicholas H. Shepherd in 1846 or 1847. buster play in American history.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
Their last film together was 2018's "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs", an offbeat Oscar-nominated Western starring Tim Blake Nelson, which followed the 1950s Hollywood-set satirical comedy "Hail, Caesar!" in 2016.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
A humanoid’s frantic attempts to stay upright—arms flailing, legs skittering—bears an uncanny resemblance to the choreographed collapses of Charlie Chaplin or Buster Keaton.
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026
“I know we don’t get as excited about batting titles as we used to,” Giants president of baseball operations Buster Posey, who won a batting title himself in 2012, said upon his signing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
OK, the fact that Jennifer Coolidge steals the show also helps, as does the stunning cuteness of Buster the teacup chihuahua, along with the evergreen pizazz of the bend-and-snap sequence.
From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2026
He squinted: the whiskery face of Buster Kilrain.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
These munitions, known as "bunker busters", have been used by Israel in the past to target underground facilities in both Gaza and Lebanon.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2025
From there, Strait downshifted again to the archetypal sad cowboy song “I Can Still Make Cheyenne,” which could make even the toughest bronco busters reach for their handkerchiefs.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 18, 2023
His you betchas and c’mon pals, his look busters and geez mans have long been a part of his political appeal, punctuating his speech like it does that of so many other American grandpas.
From Slate ● Feb. 8, 2023
The “monster” busters faced a challenge: They had to first locate the fish in Yunchan Lake, a 30-acre artificial body of water rife with aquatic plants near the bottom.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 25, 2022
The most visionary of the brain busters pined for the day when a pilot could take one of their creations for a hypersonic joy ride: Mach 5 or faster.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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