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    LIQUIDATE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they liquidate  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it liquidates  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: liquidated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: liquidated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: liquidating  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    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 offplay

    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 cashplay

    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)play

    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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