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LIQUIDATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing

Example:

the double agent was neutralized

Synonyms:

do in; knock off; liquidate; neutralise; neutralize; waste

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "liquidate" is one way to...):

kill (cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

They want to liquidate the prisoners

Derivation:

liquidation (the murder of a competitor)

liquidator (a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being))

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Example:

liquidate a company

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "liquidate" is one way to...):

settle (dispose of; make a financial settlement)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Convert into cash

Example:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "liquidate" is one way to...):

cash; cash in (exchange for cash)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 4

Meaning:

Eliminate by paying off (debts)

Synonyms:

liquidate; pay off

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "liquidate" is one way to...):

ante up; pay; pay up (cancel or discharge a debt)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "liquidate"):

lift (pay off (a mortgage))

amortise; amortize (liquidate gradually)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

liquidation (termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities)

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