To reduce to financial insolvency

• clean out

  1. To clean, especially to tidy by removing the contents.
  2. (idiomatic) To empty completely; to remove all money or possessions from.

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  1. To clean, especially to tidy by removing the contents.
  2. (idiomatic) To empty completely; to remove all money or possessions from.

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• ruin

  1. The state of being physically destroyed, collapsed, or decayed:
  2. The state of being extensively harmed or damaged:
  3. Poverty of bankruptcy:

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  1. The state of being physically destroyed, collapsed, or decayed:
  2. The state of being extensively harmed or damaged:
  3. Poverty of bankruptcy:

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• pauperize

  1. To make a pauper of; impoverish.

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  1. To make a pauper of; impoverish.

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• bust

  1. A sculpture representing a person's head, shoulders, and upper chest.
  2. A woman's breasts.
  3. The human chest.

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  1. A sculpture representing a person's head, shoulders, and upper chest.
  2. A woman's breasts.
  3. The human chest.

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• break

  1. To cause to separate into pieces suddenly or violently; smash.
  2. To divide into pieces, as by bending or cutting:
  3. To separate into components or parts:

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  1. To cause to separate into pieces suddenly or violently; smash.
  2. To divide into pieces, as by bending or cutting:
  3. To separate into components or parts:

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• bankrupt

  1. A person, business, or organization legally declared insolvent because of inability to pay debts.
  2. A person who is totally lacking in a specified resource or quality:
  3. Having been legally declared insolvent.

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  1. A person, business, or organization legally declared insolvent because of inability to pay debts.
  2. A person who is totally lacking in a specified resource or quality:
  3. Having been legally declared insolvent.

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To lessen or weaken severely, as by removing something essential

• use up

  1. (of a resource) to consume, deplete or exhaust
  2. (of time or space) to take or occupy

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  1. (of a resource) to consume, deplete or exhaust
  2. (of time or space) to take or occupy

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• sap

  1. The watery fluid that circulates through a plant, carrying food and other substances to the various tissues.
  2. Health and energy; vitality:
  3. A foolish or gullible person.

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  1. The watery fluid that circulates through a plant, carrying food and other substances to the various tissues.
  2. Health and energy; vitality:
  3. A foolish or gullible person.

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• exhaust

  1. To make extremely weary; wear out.
  2. To remove a resource from; deplete:
  3. To use up completely:

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  1. To make extremely weary; wear out.
  2. To remove a resource from; deplete:
  3. To use up completely:

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• drain

  1. To draw off (a liquid) by a gradual process:
  2. To cause liquid to go out from; empty:
  3. To draw off the surface water of:

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  1. To draw off (a liquid) by a gradual process:
  2. To cause liquid to go out from; empty:
  3. To draw off the surface water of:

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• deplete

  1. To consume or reduce to a very low amount; use up:
  2. To remove the contents or important elements of; empty out or exhaust:

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  1. To consume or reduce to a very low amount; use up:
  2. To remove the contents or important elements of; empty out or exhaust:

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