bankrupted

• past participle

  past participle

  A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.

  of bankrupt.
  bankrupt

  noun

  a person who upon their own petition or that of their creditors is adjudged insolvent by a court and whose property is administered for and divided among their creditors under a bankruptcy law.
• past tense form

  past tense

  Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.

  of bankrupt.
  bankrupt

  noun

  a person who upon their own petition or that of their creditors is adjudged insolvent by a court and whose property is administered for and divided among their creditors under a bankruptcy law.

Example Sentences

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bankrupted

Congress voted to ban onion trading in the U.S. decades ago, following a notorious market-manipulation scandal that bankrupted investors and farmers across the U.S.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

The amount in damages that creditors are seeking from former Enviva executives after a series of ill-fated wood-pellet trades bankrupted the green-energy giant.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Naturally, prices did fall back to earth, setting off a chain of events that bankrupted Enviva.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

It bankrupted the director, and he abandoned Justin's mother Caroline, leaving her with all his debts.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

“You must have bankrupted your kingdom for such a reward, my friend.”

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan

Related Words

• broke
• destitute
• failed
• insolvent