· someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts
Synonym(s): insolvent
Hypernym(s): failure, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful_person
· reduce to bankruptcy; "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!"; "The slump in the financial markets smashed him"
Synonym(s): ruin, break, smash
Hypernym(s): impoverish
· financially ruined; "a bankrupt company"; "the company went belly-up"
Synonym(s): belly-up