bankrupt

/ˈbaŋk-(ˌ)rəpt/

modification of Middle French & Old Italian; Middle French banqueroute bankruptcy, from Old Italian bancarotta, from banca bank + rotta broken, from Latin rupta, feminine of ruptus, past participle of rumpere to break

noun

  1. a debtor (such as an individual or an organization) whose property is subject to voluntary or involuntary administration under the bankruptcy laws for the benefit of the debtor's creditors

  2. a person who becomes insolvent

  3. a person who is completely lacking in a particular desirable quality or attribute

adjective

  1. reduced to a state of financial ruin : impoverished; specifically : legally declared bankrupt

  2. of or relating to bankrupts or bankruptcy

  3. broken, ruined

bankrupt laws

verb

  1. to reduce to bankruptcy

  2. impoverish

deplete drain exhaust impoverish bankrupt mean to deprive of something essential to existence or potency. deplete implies a reduction in number or quantity so as to endanger the ability to function. drain implies a gradual withdrawal and ultimate deprivation of what is necessary to an existence.