bankrupted 1 of 2

past tense of bankrupt
as in ruined
to cause to lose one's fortune and become unable to pay one's debts several bad investments bankrupted him

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bankrupted

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adjective

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Recent Examples of bankrupted
Adjective
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
Verb
  • In a post on Reddit's Wedding Drama forum, the bride explained the stressful situation that nearly ruined her nuptials.
    Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
  • After his umpteenth comeback, director Robert Altman almost immediately ruined his career again with this tepid, unwieldy multicharacter satire of the fashion world.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Football watchers are stacking up losses on their betting slips and fantasy records, but after every one of these aesthetically bankrupt displays, Nick Sirianni strides to the podium as coach of an undefeated team.
    J.J. Bailey, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The struggling budget airline has reached an agreement with some of its debtholders for up to $475 million in debtor-in-possession financing, a lifeline that bankrupt companies can use to continue operating, as well as $150 million from a major aircraft lessor, Huebner said.
    Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget estimates that Social Security’s retirement trust funds will be insolvent by the end of 2032.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
  • And by 2033, Social Security will be financially insolvent.
    Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The pair’s fight is fueled by the mundane (a busted dinner party) and the profound (Mark’s addiction, Dawn’s codependence, the constant pressure of professional fighting).
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 1 Oct. 2025
  • This gave credence to the defense’s theory that police tampered with the evidence, including the busted taillight, pieces of which were later found at the crime scene, at 34 Fairview Road.
    Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Christophe’s son died penniless and alone on the streets of Paris in October 1805 at the age of only eleven.
    Marlene L. Daut September 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Her ex-husband wiped out several bank accounts and disappeared, leaving her and their children practically penniless.
    Essence, Essence, 22 Sep. 2025

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“Bankrupted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bankrupted. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.

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