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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as in delinquents
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as in insolvents
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Recent Examples of bankrupts
Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2026
Verb
The 2020s have been a decade of compounding American institutional failure — a pandemic, political rupture, an affordability crisis, student loan servicers treated as adversaries, a healthcare system that bankrupts the sick, and a growing sense that the system is not working as advertised.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bankrupts
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English ivy ruins paint jobs, encourages wood rot, and damages stucco and the mortar between bricks.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
20 Apr. 2026
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Jeff then immediately ruins the stakes-building tension by launching into an interminable Applebee’s ad.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
2 Apr. 2026
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Rational fears or no, the fact remains that the 24 acres of Bayfront Park belong right now to a few misfits and derelicts.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
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In the old days beggars were drawn and quartered in that square.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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In Havana, beggars are ubiquitous.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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The product exploded, generating trillions and minting a new class of crypto degenerates who were willing to take massive risks that, occasionally, resulted in millions.—
Clara Molot,
Vanity Fair,
17 Mar. 2026
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In all vertebrates, the thymus degenerates very rapidly with age.—
Mallory Locklear,
Hartford Courant,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Bankrupts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bankrupts. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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