bankrupt vs break the bank

bankrupt

verb
  • To force into bankruptcy. 

noun
  • One who becomes unable to pay his or her debts; an insolvent person. 

adj
  • In a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay one's debts. 

  • Destitute of, or wholly lacking (something once possessed, or something one should possess). 

  • Having been legally declared insolvent. 

break the bank

verb
  • To exhaust one's financial resources. 

  • At a casino etc., to win all the money that is available to be paid. 

How often have the words bankrupt and break the bank occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )