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BANKRUPT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts

Synonyms:

bankrupt; insolvent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("bankrupt" is a kind of...):

failure; loser; nonstarter; unsuccessful person (a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently)

Derivation:

bankrupt (financially ruined)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Financially ruined

Example:

the company went belly-up

Synonyms:

bankrupt; belly-up

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

insolvent (unable to meet or discharge financial obligations)

Derivation:

bankrupt (someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts)

 III. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Reduce to bankruptcy

Example:

The slump in the financial markets smashed him

Synonyms:

bankrupt; break; ruin; smash

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "bankrupt" is one way to...):

impoverish (make poor)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

bankruptcy (inability to discharge all your debts as they come due)

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