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busticate

[buhs-ti-keyt]
verb (used with object), bus·ti·cat·ed, bus·ti·cat·ing. Northern U.S.
  1. to break into pieces.
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Origin of busticate

a facetious formation from bust2 + -icate, on the model of the regularly formed rusticate
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