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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Recent Examples of bankrupted
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
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
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An old fur coat or feather stole could also be ruined.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
31 Oct. 2025
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Cash is king right now, Hsia said, and the AFJ is matching up to $1 million in donations that will go toward things such as new roofs for houses whose roofs were blown off and new furniture after many people's belongings were soaked through and ruined.—
Matt Nighswander,
NBC news,
30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Then, about a year ago, Grigsby contacted Pan American World Airways, the company that owns the branding and logos of the long-bankrupt airline.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
21 Oct. 2025
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JPMorgan is the nation’s largest bank, and lawyers representing the trustees of bankrupt Tricolor have alleged that the company was engaged in fraud, Bloomberg has reported.—
Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN Money,
17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Would Congress really allow Social Security to go insolvent?—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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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
Adjective
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While that possession ended in a sack, Maye extended the next series by rolling outside the pocket and finding DeMario Douglas on a busted snap of man-to-man coverage for 44 yards.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
28 Oct. 2025
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The difference is Dart found wide open TE for easy TD on busted coverage.—
Joe Nguyen,
Denver Post,
19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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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
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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 3 Nov. 2025.
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