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[ verb ] reduce to bankruptcy

Synonyms

break smash ruin

Examples

"My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!" "The slump in the financial markets smashed him"

Used in print

(Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)

Yet some , like Morris_Manderscheid , would bankrupt themselves for the new ideas .

Related terms

impoverish bankruptcy

2
[ adjective ] financially ruined

Examples

"a bankrupt company"

Used in print

(Edward Jablonski, Harold Arlen Happy with the Blues....)

In 1927 his father 's business collapsed , and , rather_than go bankrupt , Mercer senior turned his firm over to a bank for liquidation .

Related terms

insolvent

3
[ adjective ] financially ruined

Synonyms

belly-up

Examples

"a bankrupt company" "the company went belly-up"

Related terms

insolvent

4
[ noun ] someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts

Synonyms

insolvent

Related terms

loser

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