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bankrupting

  • present participle
    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.

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But she works far fewer hours in New Zealand, gets six weeks of paid vacation and unlimited sick days, and no longer feels like her care is bankrupting patients.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

His comments follow a series of warnings over the recent surge in investment in AI, with some claiming the sector amounts to a bubble set to burst, rocking markets and bankrupting companies.

From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2026

Perhaps most evil are the acquisitions of hospitals for the sole purpose of bankrupting them and selling off assets to line someone else’s pockets.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 26, 2026

Hastings and Sarandos’ enterprise was largely responsible for bankrupting the then-dominant video rental chain, Blockbuster.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2025

He thought nothing of bankrupting his own people to buy Rome’s protection.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby