liquidate

verb

ˈli-kwə-ˌdāt How to pronounce liquidate (audio)
Definition of liquidatenext
1
as in to eradicate
to destroy all traces of a decisive act that liquidated all doubts and fears about his governing abilities

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2
as in to assassinate
to put to death deliberately his first act as absolute ruler was to liquidate his opponents

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3
as in to pay
to give what is owed for used our lottery winnings to liquidate our debts

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Recent Examples of liquidate Vertical farming startup 80 Acres Farms has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy to liquidate its assets. — Alexander Coolidge, Cincinnati Enquirer, 27 Aug. 2026 The state of Delaware wrongly seized and liquidated his stock after the man didn’t log into his trading account for years. — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026 Chaminade’s collective physicality with defensive tackle Kingston Williams, Hudson Manning, and Elijah Williams liquidates the inexperience of Oaks Christian. — Ethan Hanson, Daily News, 20 Aug. 2026 Meanwhile, the trustees of Notre Dame College of Ohio are embroiled in a lawsuit, and a federal judge has appointed a receiver to liquidate remaining assets. — Laura MacDonald, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for liquidate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for liquidate
  1. eradicate
  2. assassinate
  3. pay
  4. erase
  5. murder
  6. settle
  7. abolish
  8. execute
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  • But somehow, in the midst of all this frat-boy revelry, Ilya is able to outline his vision for the future, one in which AI will have solved numerous human problems, including eradicating not only cancer but also loneliness and unhappiness.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 7 Oct. 2026
  • This park is the result of the Tompkins’ passion for this part of the world and their desire to rewild this part of Chile that had been overfarmed and overgrazed to the point of almost eradicating its native flora and fauna.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
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  • The 21-year-old Michigan State senior is also head of the local chapter of Turning Point, the group for young conservatives whose founder, Charlie Kirk, was assassinated last year.
    — Jacqueline Ganun, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2026
  • On July 7, 2021, Moïse was assassinated inside his second-floor bedroom.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
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  • In that government post paying almost $70,000 a year, Jamal acted as a liaison with the Somali community.
    — Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Last month, Democracy Docket surpassed 500,000 free email subscribers, the company first told Semafor, including 70,000 subscribers paying $10 a month or $120 per year.
    — Max Tani, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2026
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  • By naming the product of two mergers Skydance, David Ellison relegates two of Hollywood’s founding studios to a sub-brand stew and attempts to erase a bunch of controversial hires.
    — Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
  • First among this unsung cohort are the women of the march, who have been all but erased from the record.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026
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  • Hannie was captured, tortured, and murdered by the Nazis in the final months of the war, but never snitched on her sisters.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026
  • In May, Tony Carruthers, who was convicted of kidnapping and murdering three people in 1994, was not executed because officials could not find a suitable vein for an IV line, so the drugs were not administered.
    — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
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  • Florida’s research has long tracked how different kinds of work settle in different places.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Mercury in your partnership house squares Mars in your 4th, creating friction between another person’s perspective and what feels comfortable or settled to you.
    — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of settle
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  • This endeavor is not easy, and these companies are strongly advocating for abolishing the leap second.
    — Vahe Peroomian, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Amendment, which abolished slavery and argued that loopholes in the amendment helped pave the way for the mass incarceration of Black Americans.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026
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  • Hospital staff were working to save Pike's life and as of late Thursday were trying to clear the two doses of the drug that the state uses to execute prisoners, her lawyers wrote in a Friday filing in Davidson County Chancery Court.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Pike, who was sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer, was set to become the first woman executed in Tennessee in 200 years.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026
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