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to cause to lose one's fortune and become unable to pay one's debts
several bad investments bankrupted him
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Recent Examples of bankrupted
Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
In the late 1830s, as a devastating financial crisis bankrupted antislavery societies across the North, the movement seemed splintered and powerless to keep up its petition pressure campaign.
—Time, 24 Sep. 2025
Multiple rocket explosions nearly bankrupted the company.
—Joel Shulman, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Jerry Garcia's 1977 pet project, which nearly bankrupted the band, screens in IMAX this weekend.
—Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 15 Aug. 2025
After two decades of free-spending leftist populism that has bankrupted the country, Bolivia has few options but to embrace responsible economic management.
—Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2025
Nuclear liabilities cited by Jacobson include the threat of future Fukushima-like disasters, nuclear weapons proliferation facilitated by large-scale uranium enrichment, and the financial risks such as those that recently bankrupted Westinghouse.
—IEEE Spectrum, 19 June 2017
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Born in 1926 in Weimar Germany, where hyperinflation bankrupted his father’s business, the young Linz witnessed the breakdown of democracy and the onset of Hitler’s dictatorship.
—Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
In the late 1830s, as a devastating financial crisis bankrupted antislavery societies across the North, the movement seemed splintered and powerless to keep up its petition pressure campaign.
—Time, 24 Sep. 2025
Multiple rocket explosions nearly bankrupted the company.
—Joel Shulman, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Jerry Garcia's 1977 pet project, which nearly bankrupted the band, screens in IMAX this weekend.
—Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 15 Aug. 2025
After two decades of free-spending leftist populism that has bankrupted the country, Bolivia has few options but to embrace responsible economic management.
—Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2025
Nuclear liabilities cited by Jacobson include the threat of future Fukushima-like disasters, nuclear weapons proliferation facilitated by large-scale uranium enrichment, and the financial risks such as those that recently bankrupted Westinghouse.
—IEEE Spectrum, 19 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bankrupted
Adjective
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Things are moving fast at the bankrupt Saks Global.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
23 Jan. 2026
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But that doesn't mean the program is going bankrupt or will be entirely unable to pay benefits.—
Lorie Konish,
CNBC,
23 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Frankly, this ruined my birthday for me for the next forty years.—
Gaby Iori
January 27,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
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Knowing what not to wash together can save plenty of headaches (and ruined garments and linens) down the line.—
Jamie Cuccinelli,
Martha Stewart,
27 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Young Iranians contend with high rates of unemployment and underemployment; older generations have found their pension funds to be largely insolvent.—
Karim Sadjadpour,
The Atlantic,
10 Jan. 2026
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The district said if the loan is denied, the district is projected to be insolvent after the 2026-27 school year.—
Alec Johnson,
jsonline.com,
9 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Aspiring singer Brynn, 18, is left penniless and reeling when her boyfriend and parents die tragically on the same night.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
22 Jan. 2026
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Her husband Steven Gillis, a Pulitzer Prize-winning Shakespeare scholar, was left penniless.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Jan. 2026
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“Bankrupted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bankrupted. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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