bankrupting

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Verb bankrupt has 1 sense

bankrupt, ruin, break, smash - reduce to bankruptcy; "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!"; "The slump in the financial markets smashed him"
--₁ is one way to impoverish

Derived form: noun bankruptcy₂
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

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Bankrupting

Definition:

Verb: The act of causing someone or something to become bankrupt or lose all of their money due to financial difficulties.

Senses:

Sense 1: Causing financial ruin or insolvency.

Sense 2: Depicting the state of being financially ruined or insolvent.

Examples:

Example 1: The economic crisis hit many businesses hard, ultimately bankrupting several of them.

Example 2: His extravagant lifestyle and poor financial decisions led to bankrupting himself.

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