to bankrupt

Examples

• All

• And obviously, if you were in the business of doing this and you were coming up with the wrong prices, you, you would bankrupt yourself over time.

• Our small businesses don't deserve to be bankrupted by unsustainable tariffs.

  I've Had It

• It's also going to, if it ever actually took off, it would bankrupt our system.

• - This is gonna bankrupt us!

  Eye of the Beast (2007)

• Lawsuit like that could bankrupt me.

  Take Shelter (2011)

• You should have no illusions that you can bankrupt us.

  Reagan (2024)

• All we got for it was a welfare state that nearly bankrupted us.

  Planet of the Apes (2001)

• Such a penalty is likely to financially cripple or even bankrupt most health plans.

  Academic text (1994)

• The severe mismanagement of funds could bankrupt the entire organization.

• Excessive legal fees might bankrupt the company before the trial even begins.

Synonyms

R

to ruin

vsto bankrupt

∞ 2.0

Destroy or badly damage something so it cannot be used

is narrower, focusing on inability to pay debts rather than general damage

B

to break

vsto bankrupt

566 4.6

To cause a person or business to lose all money

is about making someone unable to pay debts specifically

Antonyms

P

to prosper

88 3.7

To become successful or grow well, often by making money

Phrasal Verbs

G

to go bankrupt

73 3.5

To be unable to pay debts

D

to declare bankrupt

• Formal

1 5.4

To have a court officially say you cannot pay your debts

Compounds

M

morally bankrupt

7 7.4

A person, group, or action that does not care about right and wrong

How Damaging

to destroy

∞ 1.0

to bankrupt

57 4.1

to harm

738 1.0

to set back

• Informal

12 5.8

Surface Forms

Etymology