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LIQUIDATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The murder of a competitor
Synonyms:
elimination; liquidation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("liquidation" is a kind of...):
execution; murder; slaying (unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being)
Derivation:
liquidate (get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities
Synonyms:
liquidation; settlement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("liquidation" is a kind of...):
conclusion; ending; termination (the act of ending something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "liquidation"):
viatical settlement; viaticus settlement (sale of an insurance policy by a terminally ill policy holder)
Derivation:
liquidate (eliminate by paying off (debts))
Sense 3
Meaning:
The act of exterminating
Synonyms:
extermination; liquidation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("liquidation" is a kind of...):
destruction; devastation (the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists)
