Bust and Search

Bust

Bust verb - To bring to a lower grade or rank.

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Search and bust are semantically related. in raid topic. In some cases you can use "Search" instead the word "Bust" as a verb or a noun, when it comes to topics like arrest for illegal action.

Nearby Words: busted, buster, busting

Search

Search verb - To look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something.

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Synonyms for Search

Antonyms for Search

Bust and search are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bust" instead the word "Search" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: searched, searching, searcher, searchable

Mutual synonyms

poke
raid

How words are described

long	long bust	long search
complete	complete bust	complete search
alien	alien bust	alien search
massive	massive bust	massive search
Other adjectives: big, huge, new.

Common collocations

wall	bust wall	search wall
house	bust house	search house
time	bust time	search time

Both words in one sentence

Adam-12 has a very balanced position in the early episode, "Courtroom", where Reed makes a drug bust with a legally questionable search.

Source: Amoral Attorney
The Internet Is for Porn: In "Runaway", Claudia has to do a search for a bust that was broken off of Ludwig van Beethoven's clock.

Source: Series / Warehouse 13
Flashpoint: In "Follow the Leader", the SRU bust a white supremacist organisation, then have to stage a desperate search when the learn three members have escaped with bombs.

Source: Right-Wing Militia Fanatic

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