liquidate
(verb)
verb
1. get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
- The mafia liquidated the informer
Similar word(s): neutralise, neutralize, waste
Definition categories: contact, kill
2. eliminate by paying off (debts)
Definition categories: possession, pay
3. convert into cash
- I had to liquidate my holdings to pay off my ex-husband
Definition categories: possession, cash
4. settle the affairs of by determining the debts and applying the assets to pay them off
- liquidate a company
Definition categories: possession, settle