"liquidate" in the verb sense
1. neutralize, neutralise, liquidate, waste, knock off, do in
get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
"The mafia liquidated the informer"
"the double agent was neutralized"
2. liquidate, pay off
eliminate by paying off (debts)
3. liquidate
convert into cash
"I had to liquidate my holdings to pay off my ex-husband"
4. liquidate
settle the affairs of by determining the debts and applying the assets to pay them off
"liquidate a company"
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