bankrupts 1 of 2

present tense third-person singular of bankrupt
as in ruins
to cause to lose one's fortune and become unable to pay one's debts several bad investments bankrupted him

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bankrupts

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noun

plural of bankrupt

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Verb
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  • Nothing ruins a trip faster than your suitcase not showing up at baggage claim, right?
    Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2025
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  • In Havana, beggars are ubiquitous.
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  • Got a lot of mountains to climb, had to leave some beggars behind.
    Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Bankrupts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bankrupts. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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