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verb

Definition of bankruptsnext
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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as in delinquents

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as in insolvents

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