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bankrupted

bankrupted is the simple past and past participle of bankrupt.

Meaning of bankrupt

Verb

bankrupt (third-person singular simple present bankrupts, present participle bankrupting, simple past and past participle bankrupted)

  1. (transitive) To force into bankruptcy.
    • The cost of the Mendip line had, however, bankrupted the S.D.R. [Somerset & Dorset Railway], and it was leased to the two larger companies for 999 years in 1875, and named the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway.1953 August, David R. Webb, “By Rail to Bournemouth”, in Railway Magazine, page 553
  2. to get placed last in Tycoon with the bankruptcy rule

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Words formed from bankrupted

Questions about bankrupted

What is bankrupted the simple past and past participle of?
Bankrupted is the simple past and past participle of bankrupt.

Words near bankrupted in the dictionary

  1. bankrupt worms
  2. bankruptcies
  3. bankruptcy
  4. bankruptcy order
  5. bankruptcy orders
  6. bankrupted
  7. bankruptee
  8. bankruptees
  9. bankrupter
  10. bankrupters
  11. bankrupting

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