liquidate
has definitions from the field of business
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[ verb ] get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
Synonyms 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 |
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[ verb ] settle the affairs of by determining the debts and applying the assets to pay them off
Examples "liquidate a company" Related terms |
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[ verb ] (business) convert into cash
Examples "I had to liquidate my holdings to pay off my ex-husband" Related terms |
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[ verb ] eliminate by paying off; as of debts
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