LIQUIDATE
Dictionary entry overview: What does liquidate mean?
• LIQUIDATE (verb)
The verb LIQUIDATE has 4 senses:
1. get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
2. eliminate by paying off (debts)
3. convert into cash
4. settle the affairs of by determining the debts and applying the assets to pay them off
Familiarity information: LIQUIDATE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• LIQUIDATE (verb)
Meaning:
Get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
do in; knock off; liquidate; neutralise; neutralize; waste
Context examples:
The mafia liquidated the informer / the double agent was neutralized
Hypernyms (to "liquidate" is one way to...):
kill (cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They want to liquidate the prisoners
Meaning:
Eliminate by paying off (debts)
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
liquidate; pay off
Hypernyms (to "liquidate" is one way to...):
ante up; pay; pay up (cancel or discharge a debt)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "liquidate"):
lift (pay off (a mortgage))
amortise; amortize (liquidate gradually)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Convert into cash
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context example:
I had to liquidate my holdings to pay off my ex-husband
Hypernyms (to "liquidate" is one way to...):
cash; cash in (exchange for cash)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Settle the affairs of by determining the debts and applying the assets to pay them off
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context example:
liquidate a company
Hypernyms (to "liquidate" is one way to...):
settle (dispose of; make a financial settlement)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
