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Liquidation

//ˌlɪkwəˈdeɪʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of exchange of an asset of lesser liquidity with a more liquid one, such as cash. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the murder of a competitor wordnet
  3. 3
    The selling of the assets of a business as part of the process of dissolving the business. countable, uncountable

    "The store is having a liquidation sale: everything must go as they go out of business."

  4. 4
    termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities wordnet
  5. 5
    The murder of dehumanized victims. countable, euphemistic, uncountable

    "Near-synonyms: devitalization, fatality; see also Thesaurus:death, Thesaurus:killing"

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  1. 6
    the act of exterminating wordnet

Etymology

From liquidate + -ion.

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