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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
Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
Once the world’s leading producer, it was bankrupted by China’s price dumping.
—Markos Kounalakis, Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2026
The cases are ongoing, with plaintiffs also filing claims against the trusts of companies bankrupted by the litigation.
—Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
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
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Woodstock gave its name to a generation, but the concert itself was a debacle that nearly bankrupted its promoters.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
Once the world’s leading producer, it was bankrupted by China’s price dumping.
—Markos Kounalakis, Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2026
The cases are ongoing, with plaintiffs also filing claims against the trusts of companies bankrupted by the litigation.
—Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bankrupted
Adjective
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This is the same company that was bankrupt just two decades ago.—
Fortune Editors,
Fortune,
2 Apr. 2026
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In his first mission as 007, Bond engages in a high-stakes poker game with bankrupt terrorist Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen) but falls tragically in love with Vesper Lynd (Eva Green), the British treasury agent bankrolling his game.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Gilbert suggested that the allegations alone have ruined their lives.—
Jennifer Zhan,
Vulture,
6 Apr. 2026
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Talley went long with an 8-iron into a back bunker on the 12th, the hole that ruined Jordan Spieth's chances of a repeat Masters victory in 2016.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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According to projections from the 2025 Trustees Report, the Medicare Hospital Insurance (Part A) trust fund is expected to become insolvent by 2033.—
Eugene Litvak,
STAT,
27 Mar. 2026
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Uncle Sam, by any accounting standard, is insolvent.—
Steve H. Hanke,
Fortune,
23 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The show followed an exuberantly wealthy family who became penniless overnight after falling victim to fraud.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
5 Apr. 2026
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Alexander was, at this point, nearly penniless, moving from her large home to a one-room apartment in 1986 and taking a job at a local retirement home.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Bankrupted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bankrupted. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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