bankrupt

Definition

Examples

The small manufacturer went bankrupt after losing its largest customer last year.

Word Family

Synonyms

• insolventsomeone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts
• broketerminate
• ruineddestroy completely; damage irreparably

Collocations

• Easy go bankrupt
  to go bankrupt, meaning to change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
• Medium declare the subsidiary bankrupt
  to declare the subsidiary bankrupt, meaning to state emphatically and authoritatively
• Hard adjudicate bankrupt debtor assets
  to adjudicate bankrupt debtor assets, meaning to put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
• Very Hard morally bankrupt policy
  describing morally bankrupt policy (with respect to moral principles)