liquidate has definitions from the field of business
1
[ verb ] get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing

Examples

"The mafia liquidated the informer" "the double agent was neutralized"

Used in print

(The Nation, 193: 16...)

Perhaps Khrushchev is in a more difficult position than any since 1957 , when the `` anti-party group '' nearly liquidated him .

Related terms

kill elimination

2
[ verb ] settle the affairs of by determining the debts and applying the assets to pay them off

Examples

"liquidate a company"

Related terms

settle

3
[ verb ] (business) convert into cash

Examples

"I had to liquidate my holdings to pay off my ex-husband"

Related terms

cash

4
[ verb ] eliminate by paying off; as of debts

Synonyms

pay_off

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