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LIQUIDATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they liquidate ... he / she / it liquidates
Past simple: liquidated
-ing form: liquidating
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:
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)