Bankruptcy \Bank"rupt*cy\, n.; pl. Bankruptcies.
   1. The state of being actually or legally bankrupt.
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   2. The act or process of becoming a bankrupt.
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   3. Complete loss; -- followed by of.
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	bankruptcy
     n 1: a state of complete lack of some abstract property;
          "spiritual bankruptcy"; "moral bankruptcy";
          "intellectual bankruptcy"
     2: inability to discharge all your debts as they come due; "the
        company had to declare bankruptcy"; "fraudulent loans led
        to the failure of many banks" [syn: failure]
     3: a legal process intended to insure equality among the
        creditors of a corporation declared in bankruptcy

	

	54 Moby Thesaurus words for "bankruptcy":
   bouncing check, breakage, breakdown, bust, collapse, crack-up,
   crash, crippling, damage, defeat, destruction, detriment,
   dilapidation, disablement, disrepair, encroachment, failure,
   futility, harm, hobbling, hurt, hurting, ill success, impairment,
   incapacitation, infringement, injury, inroad, insolvency,
   insufficient funds, kited check, losing game, loss, maiming,
   mayhem, mischief, mutilation, no go, nonaccomplishment, nonsuccess,
   overdraft, overdrawn account, receivership, ruination, ruinousness,
   sabotage, scathe, sickening, spoiling, successlessness, unsuccess,
   unsuccessfulness, uselessness, weakening