bankrupt

³bankrupt

verb

Definition of BANKRUPT

transitive verb

1

: to reduce to bankruptcy

2

: impoverish <defections had bankrupted the party of its brainpower>

Examples of BANKRUPT

1. Several risky deals bankrupted the company.
2. <several bad investments bankrupted him>

First Known Use of BANKRUPT

1588

Related to BANKRUPT

Synonyms: ruin, break, bust

Related Words: beggar, impoverish, pauperize; reduce, straiten; clean (out), wipe out

Near Antonyms: enrich, richen

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