bankrupt

bankrupt
n
1. debtor, insolvent; pauper, beggar.
adj
2. insolvent, financially ruined, wiped out, Inf. on the rocks, overdrawn, in debt, in the red; impoverished, destitute, poverty-stricken, penurious, impecunious, beggared, pauperized; indigent, poor, needy, pinched, straitened, distressed, Inf. strapped, Inf. up against it, Inf. on one's uppers, Inf. hard up, Inf. uptight; financially embarrassed, out of cash, Inf. short, Brit. Sl. skint, All Inf. broke, dead broke, flat broke, stone broke.
3. lacking, deficient in, wanting, without, sans; devoid of, deprived of, bereft of, bereaved of; in need of.
v
4. impoverish, beggar, pauperize; drain, deplete, exhaust; Inf. break, Sl. bust, ruin, Sl. wipe out, break [s.o.'s] back, cripple financially.
5. go bankrupt
Inf. take a bath, Inf. lose one's shirt, Inf. get wiped out; fail, fold or fold up.

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