| dismantle(verb, take, separate, destroy, deny) |
| divest(verb, take, separate, hit, destroy) |
| drain(verb, break, cut, remove, reduce) |
| fail(verb, collapse, fold, nonpayment) |
| failed(adjective, unable) |
| hard up(expression, adjective, flat, poor, low) |
| reduce(verb, break, cut, ruin, defeat) |
| bare(verb, separate, hit, destroy, strike) |
| blighted |
| deprive(verb, take, separate, keep, ruin) |
| have-not(noun, adjective, poor, pauper) |
| in the red(expression, adjective, idiom) |
| lacking(adjective, poor, short, empty, exhausted) |
| moneyless(adjective, flat, poor, low, exhausted) |
| on one's uppers |
| wanting(poor, distressed, lacking, destitute, impoverished) |
| wreck(verb, break, help, reduce, cause) |
| bad off(verb, expression, adjective, phrasal verb, flat) |
| badly off(expression, adjective, poor, destitute, impoverished) |
| bankruptcy(noun, bomb, disappointment, catastrophe, letdown) |