Definition of Liquidate

1. Verb. Get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing. "They want to liquidate the prisoners "; "The double agent was neutralized"

Exact synonyms: Do In, Knock Off, Neutralise, Neutralize, Waste
Generic synonyms: Kill
Derivative terms: Liquidation, Liquidator

2. Verb. Eliminate by paying off (debts).
Exact synonyms: Pay Off
Generic synonyms: Ante Up, Pay, Pay Up
Specialized synonyms: Lift, Amortise, Amortize
Derivative terms: Liquidation

3. Verb. Convert into cash. "I had to liquidate my holdings to pay off my ex-husband"
Generic synonyms: Cash, Cash In

4. Verb. Settle the affairs of by determining the debts and applying the assets to pay them off. "Liquidate a company"
Generic synonyms: Settle

Definition of Liquidate

1. v. t. To determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness); or, where there is an indebtedness to more than one person, to determine the precise amount of (each indebtedness); to make the amount of (an indebtedness) clear and certain.

Definition of Liquidate

1. [v -DATED, -DATING, -DATES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Liquidate

liquescent
liquesces
liqueur
liqueur
liqueured
liqueurs
liqueur glass
liquid
liquid
liquid-liquid chromatography
liquid-metal fast-breeder reactor
liquidambar
liquidambar
liquidambars
Liquidambar styraciflua
liquidate (current term)
liquidated
liquidates
liquidating
liquidation
liquidations
liquidator
liquidators
liquidise
liquidiser
liquidities
liquidity
liquidity crisis
liquidize
liquidized

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