Busted and Failed

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Busted adjective - Forcibly separated into many pieces.

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Failed and busted are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Failed" instead an adjective "Busted".

Nearby Words: bust, buster, busty, busting

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Busted and failed are semantically related. You can use "Busted" instead an adjective "Failed".

Nearby Words: fail, failure, failing

However, it still failed to clear a "castle wall" and this trope was deemed "busted".

Source: Tree Buchet
A failed attempt at one of these in the beginning of the game gets your character busted down to novice, mostly for being an overconfident and arrogant idiot.

Source: Conspicuously Public Assassination
As it stands, her future husband got busted down to buck private for beating the snot out of the poor sap he failed to inform.

Source: Comic Strip / 9 Chickweed Lane

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