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
Only the US was considered to have a "bunker buster" bomb strong and large enough to destroy Fordo.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2025
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
He said he'd send over to the Skins Team who he wanted to send over to the Skins Team, and buster, that was me.
From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt
Norma Buster is the chief of staff at C.A.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
Ultimately, Buster said, it’s on tech companies to make sure their products are safe before they are released into the world.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
The response from Giants president and Hall of Fame catcher Buster Posey was considered inadequate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
An illustration shows a Buster Keaton-eyed puffin with a beakful of sardines or sprats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
How did Buster Friendly find the time to tape both his aud and vid shows?
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
She says that after some bombs, like bunker busters, the "ground shakes".
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026
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
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 X-Files” is a sort of alien busters , a not-to-be-taken-seriously hour in which a pair of FBI sleuths investigate unexplained cases that appear to involve paranormal phenomena.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2022
I looked back and forth between these two busters, shaking my head, making like I was barely listening anymore even though I was.
From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña
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