busticate
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From bust.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]busticate (third-person singular simple present busticates, present participle busticating, simple past and past participle busticated)
- (transitive, colloquial, rare) To break into pieces.
- 2012, Daniel H. Wilson, Amped[1]:
- That's Mr. Cordwainer and he'll busticate us for a lark, sir.