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1. Get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
   "The mafia liquidated the informer"
   - neutralize, neutralise [Brit], waste, knock off, do in
    
2. Eliminate by paying off (debts)
   - pay off
    
3. Convert into cash
   "I had to liquidate my holdings to pay off my ex-husband"
    
4. Settle the affairs of by determining the debts and applying the assets to pay them off
   "liquidate a company"

Derived forms: liquidated, liquidates, liquidating

See also: liquidation, liquidator

Type of: ante up, cash, cash in, kill, pay, pay up, settle

Encyclopedia: Liquidate