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Definition of bankrupt verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

bankrupt

verb

NAmE//ˈbæŋkrʌpt//

bankrupt somebodyVerb Forms present simple I / you / we / they bankrupt

he / she / it bankrupts

past simple bankrupted

-ing form bankrupting

to make someone bankrupt The company was almost bankrupted by legal costs.

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