Busting
adj, noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 The process of something being broken or exploded. colloquial
"O, sir! the explosions, the blowings-up, the bustings, the firings! There was bombshells flying about as big as houses."
- 1 present participle and gerund of bust form-of, gerund, participle, present
- 1 Urgently needing to urinate. Alternative form of bursting. often
"Can you tell me where the toilets are? I'm busting."
Example
More examples"Sweatshop labor, rainforest destruction, global warming, displacement of indigenous communities, air and water pollution, eradication of wildlife on farmland as “pests”, the violent overthrow of popularly elected governments to maintain puppet dictators compliant to big business interests, open-pit strip mining, oil drilling in environmentally sensitive areas, union busting, child slavery, and payoffs to repressive regimes are just some of the many impacts of the seemingly innocuous consumer products we consume every day."
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