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  • something that has failed //the first movie was a hit, but the sequel was an unexpected bust
    Synonyms
    bomb bummer catastrophe clinker clunker debacle (also débâcle) disaster dud failure fiasco fizzle flop frost lemon loser miss shipwreck turkey washout
    Related Words
    also-ran disappointment dog has-been near miss
    botch hash mess muddle shambles
    nonevent
    nonstarter
    Near Antonyms
    corker crackerjack (also crackajack) dandy jim-dandy phenomenon
    Antonyms
    blockbuster hit smash success winner
  • slang the act of taking or holding under one's control by authority of law //those lowlifes were nabbed for drug dealing in a massive bust last month
    ='true'>, roundhouse shiver sidewinder sucker punch swing uppercut
    cruncher kayo knockdown knockout KO
    bastinado (or bastinade) battering beating bludgeoning clobbering cudgeling (or cudgelling) drubbing hammering lambasting licking pasting pounding pummeling (also pummelling) thrashing
    flogging walloping whip whipping
  • something that has failed //the first movie was a hit, but the sequel was an unexpected bust
    Synonyms
    bomb bummer catastrophe clinker clunker debacle (also débâcle) disaster dud failure fiasco fizzle flop frost lemon loser miss shipwreck turkey washout
    Related Words
    also-ran disappointment dog has-been near miss
    botch hash mess muddle shambles
    nonevent
    nonstarter
    Near Antonyms
    corker crackerjack (also crackajack) dandy jim-dandy phenomenon
    Antonyms
    blockbuster hit smash success winner
  • slang the act of taking or holding under one's control by authority of law //those lowlifes were nabbed for drug dealing in a massive bust last month
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