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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of bankrupt.

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Examples

  • Am I alone in wondering why a person who's so financially inept that she bankrupted is the head of a government agency that spends more than $7 billion a year in state funds?

    I'm just asking - poli 2009

  • Seem that Germay was sort of bankrupted from the frist WWI and didn’t have any money at all.

    Think Progress » Smears, Lies and Videotape: A Leak Scandal Documentary 2005

  • And as a stimulusand gain also for that claimed "bankrupted" state, California (the state most profiting from the domestic spying program and War in Iraq, however) in a little more revenue for its historic liberalism and excessive extra-Constitutional focuses.

    U.S. Serial Wildfires: Foreign Trade Agreements And Corporate Profit The Cause? 2009

  • And as a stimulusand gain also for that claimed "bankrupted" state, California (the state most profiting from the domestic spying program and War in Iraq, however) in a little more revenue for its historic liberalism and excessive extra-Constitutional focuses.

    U.S. Serial Wildfires: Foreign Trade Agreements And Corporate Profit The Cause? 2009

  • At the April 8th hearing, Ohio Republican Senator George Voinovich observed: "We've kind of bankrupted this country" and "The American people have had it up to here."

    Bob Burnett: Why Should We Care About Iraq? 2008

  • At the April 8th hearing, Ohio Republican Senator George Voinovich observed: "We've kind of bankrupted this country" and "The American people have had it up to here."

    Printing: Why Should We Care About Iraq? 2008

  • At the April 8th hearing, Ohio Republican Senator George Voinovich observed: "We've kind of bankrupted this country" and "The American people have had it up to here."

    Why Should We Care About Iraq? 2008

  • But Mr Cameron responds by saying Labour does not have a single answer to the UK's economic problems and reminds him Labour almost "bankrupted" the country.

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • But Mr Cameron responds by saying Labour does not have a single answer to the UK's economic problems and reminds him Labour almost "bankrupted" the country.

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • Nelson, who said the space agency is technologically "bankrupted" said he supports an extension of the shuttle program until NASA can work with commercial partners to develop the next generation space vehicle.

    The Daily News - News 2010

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