liquidate
verbDivide liquidate into syllables:
liq · ui · date
How to pronounce liquidate:
Definition of liquidate:
- liquidate (verb):
- get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing.
- to dissolve a company and divide its assets among creditors
- to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts)
- to determine the liabilities (see liability sense 2) and apportion assets toward discharging the indebtedness of
Synonyms for liquidate:
abolish
annihilate
annul
blot out
cancel
clean (up)
demolish
destroy
dismantle
dissolve
do in
efface
eradicate
erase
expunge
exterminate
extirpate
kill
knock off
neutralise
obliterate
shatter
stamp (out)
sweep (away)
terminate
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Antonyms for liquidate:
build
construct
create
fail
hold
invest
keep
owe
remain
repudiate
stay
take
upset
withhold
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