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/lˈɪkwɪdˌeɪt/ Listen

Liquidate

verb

(past & past part. liquidated; pres. part. liquidating)

Get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing. Synonyms: do in, knock off, neutralise, neutralize, waste. "The double agent was neutralized"

Eliminate by paying off (debts). Synonym: pay off.

Convert into cash.

Settle the affairs of by determining the debts and applying the assets to pay them off.

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"Liquidate" Quotes from Famous Books

... smiled, and absolutely looked a little confused. The idea of commencing to liquidate many thousands of pounds by means of fifty was so inexpressibly ridiculous, that he half expected to hear his own respectful child laugh at him. But Aileen did not laugh. With her large earnest eyes she looked at him, and the unuttered ...

— Under the Waves - Diving in Deep Waters • R M Ballantyne

Words linked to "Liquidate" : neutralise, lift, liquidation, cash in, ante up, cash, pay up, do in, knock off, liquidator, settle, kill, amortise, pay, amortize