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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  damaged \damaged\ (d[a^]m"[asl]jd), adj.
     1. changed so as to reduce value, function, or other
        desirable trait; -- usually not used of persons. Opposite
        of {undamaged}. [Narrower terms: {battered, beat-up,
        beaten-up, bedraggled, broken-down, dilapidated,
        ramshackle, tumble-down, unsound}; {bent, crumpled,


        dented}; {blasted, rent, ripped, torn}; {broken-backed};
        {burned-out(prenominal), burned out(predicate),
        burnt-out(prenominal), burnt out(predicate)}; {burst,
        ruptured}; {corroded}; {cracked, crackled, crazed};
        {defaced, marred}; {hurt, weakened};
        {knocked-out(prenominal), knocked out}; {mangled,
        mutilated}; {peeling}; {scraped, scratched};
        {storm-beaten}] Also See {blemished}, {broken}, {damaged},
        {destroyed}, {impaired}, {injured}, {unsound}.
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. Rendered imperfect by impairing the integrity of some
        part, or by breaking. Opposite of {unbroken}. [Narrower
        terms: {busted}; {chipped}; {cracked}; {crumbled,
        fragmented}; {crushed, ground}; {dissolved}; {fractured};
        {shattered, smashed, splintered}; {split}; {unkept,
        violated}] Also See: {damaged}, {imperfect}, {injured},
        {unsound}.
  
     Syn: broken.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     3. being unjustly brought into disrepute; as, her damaged
        reputation.
  
     Syn: discredited.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     4. made to appear imperfect; -- especially of reputation; as,
        the senator's seriously damaged reputation.
  
     Syn: besmirched, flyblown, spotted, stained, sullied,
          tainted, tarnished.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  busted \busted\ adj.
     1. Inoperable due to damage; broken; -- of a machine; as, the
        coke machine is busted. [informal]
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. Arrested for committing a crime; -- of a person; as, the
        rock star was busted for coke possession.. [informal]
        [PJC]
  
     3. [predicate] same as {demoted}; -- said especially of
        military rank, and often folowed by to; as, he was busted
        to corporal for being AWOL.
        [PJC]
  
     4. [predicate] same as {exhausted}; -- of people.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  busted
       adj 1: (used informally especially of bones) fractured; "my arm is
              busted"; "I got my head busted in the fight"; "can't
              play with a busted baseball bat"
       2: suddenly and violently broken open especially from internal
          pressure (`busted' is an informal term for `burst'); "a
          burst balloon"; "burst pipes"; "burst seams"; "a ruptured
          appendix"; "a busted balloon" [syn: {burst}, {ruptured}]
       3: out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for
          `broken'); "a broken washing machine"; "the coke machine
          is broken"; "the coke machine is busted" [syn: {broken}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  56 Moby Thesaurus words for "busted":
     aggravated, bankrupt, beat, broke, broken, burned, burst, checked,
     chipped, cracked, crazed, cut, damaged, destitute, deteriorated,
     embittered, exacerbated, failed, flat, flat broke, harmed, hurt,
     impaired, imperfect, in bits, in pieces, in receivership,
     in shards, injured, insolvent, irritated, lacerated, mangled,
     mutilated, on the rocks, oofless, rent, ruined, ruptured, scalded,
     scorched, shattered, slashed, slit, smashed, split, sprung,
     stone-broke, stony, strapped, the worse for, torn, weakened, worse,
     worse off, worsened
  
  

















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