Origin: Latin
suffix -ate
Liquidate has 5 different meanings across 1 category:
Verb
Verb
1
get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
"The mafia liquidated the informer"
"the double agent was neutralized"
2
eliminate by paying off (debts)
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"
5
To settle (a debt) by paying the outstanding amount.
Example Sentences
"The mafia liquidated the informer"
verb
"the double agent was neutralized"
verb
"I had to liquidate my holdings to pay off my ex-husband"
verb
"liquidate a company"
verb
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