Keep silent about mother's bankruptcy (5)
I believe the answer is:
smash
This might be a double definition.
'keep' is the first definition.
(I know that smash is a type of impoverish)
'silent about mother's bankruptcy' is the second definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for smash that I've seen before include "Wreck" , "something very popular" , "Shatter, break up" , "Break noisely into pieces" , "Destroy violently" .)