liquidate
(Of assets)
[verb]
Synonyms:
- pay, clear, discharge, honour, pay off, settle, square
- dissolve, abolish, annul, cancel, terminate
- kill, destroy, dispatch, eliminate, exterminate, get rid of, murder, wipe out (informal)

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

liq‧ui‧date /ˈlɪkwədeɪt, ˈlɪkwɪdeɪt/ verb
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Late Latin; Origin: past participle of liquidare 'to melt', from Latin liquidus; ⇒ liquid²]

1. [intransitive and transitive] to close a business or company and sell the things that belong to it, in order to pay its debts

2. [transitive] technical to pay a debt:
The stock was sold to liquidate the loan.

3. [transitive] informal to kill someone or destroy something that is causing a problem

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲