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bankrupt

adjective noun verb

financially ruined

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Word Facts

Word length
8
Starts with
B
Ends with
T
Contains
AN
Scrabble score
16
CEFR level
B2

How it sounds

Pronunciation

ˈbæŋ.kɹəpt

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Meaning

Definitions

adjective

  1. financially ruined

    “a bankrupt company”

noun

  1. someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts

verb

  1. reduce to bankruptcy

    “My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!”

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Example Sentences

a bankrupt company
the company went belly-up
My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!
The slump in the financial markets smashed him

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