liquidate meaning
UK US /ˈlɪkwɪdeɪt/ 3 syllables
liquidate (verb): get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing.
liquidate has 4 meanings in this dictionary.
liquidate as a verb
- get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
- The mafia liquidated the informer
- the double agent was neutralized
Synonyms: neutralize, neutralise, waste, knock off, do in
Type of: kill
Related forms: liquidation, liquidator
- eliminate by paying off (debts)
Synonyms: pay off
Type of: pay up
Related forms: liquidation
- convert into cash
- I had to liquidate my holdings to pay off my ex-husband
Type of: cash
- settle the affairs of by determining the debts and applying the assets to pay them off
- liquidate a company
Type of: settle
How to pronounce liquidate
liquidate is pronounced /ˈlɪkwɪdeɪt/ in American English. It has 3 syllables, with the stress on the first syllable.
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