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Definition of '-buster'

-buster

(-bʌstəʳ )
Word forms: plural -busters
1. combining form
-buster combines with nouns to form new nouns which refer to someone who breaks a particular law.
The Security Council will consider taking future actions against sanction-busters.
...copyright-busters.
2. combining form
-buster combines with nouns to form new nouns which refer to someone or something that fights or overcomes the specified crime or undesirable activity.
Hoover was building his reputation as a crime-buster.
...fraud-busters.
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-buster in American

(ˈbʌstər ; busˈtər)
a person or thing that breaks, destroys, or incapacitates (a specified person or thing)
used to form slangy compounds
budgetbuster
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Nearby words of '-buster'

  • busted flush
  • bustee
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  • buster collar
  • bustic
  • busticate

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