Dictionary definition · liquidate
verb
- get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing"The mafia liquidated the informer"
- eliminate by paying off (debts)
- convert into cash"I had to liquidate my holdings to pay off my ex-husband"
- settle the affairs of by determining the debts and applying the assets to pay them off"liquidate a company"
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).