Shareholders voted to liquidate the company's assets.
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Liquidate
//ˈlɪkwɪdeɪt//
Synonyms for "liquidate" (314 found)
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Verb(29 words)
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Related words (157)
knock offlaunch into eternityliftlynchmake accounts squaremake away withmartyrmartyrizemassacremeetmurderneutralizenip in the budoustoutlawoverthrowpaypay in fullpay offpay the bill
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pay the shotpay uppensionpension offpick outpoisonpolishpurgeput awayput downput to deathput to sleepquitread out ofredeemremitremoveremove from liferemove from officeretireridroot outroot uproutsacrificesatisfyscragsellsell outsell shortsettleshake offshoosquaresquare accountsstarvestrike a balancestrike offstrike outstrip of officestrip of ranksuperannuatesuspendsweep awaytake lifetake offtake upterminate the accountthrow awaythrow offthrow overthrow overboardunchurchuncrownunfrockunloadunsaddleunseatunthroneuprootweed out
Verb(76 words)
lay wastelay waste tolevelliquefylose one's lifemake away withmercmortifyneutralisenukeobliterateoffoverthrowoverturnpasspass onperishpick offpolish offpop off
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pull downpulverizepunch someone's ticketput an end toput downput six feet underput someone out of their miseryput to sleepraceravageravelrazeremoverub outruinscotchscupperscuttlesend to eternitysend to hellsend to the gravesend to the great beyondsend to the next lifeshuffle off this mortal coilsinkslaughterslayslime outsmashsmitesnuffsquashstamp outstiffstop someone's clocksubverttaketake care oftake downtake outterminateterminate with extreme prejudicetoptop offtorpedototalunbreedunexistunmakeuprootwaxwetwhackwipe offwipe outwreck
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59 translations across 18 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- изплащам verb (to settle (a debt) by paying the outstanding amount — see also pay off)
- ликвидирам verb (to kill (someone), usually violently — see also assassinate, kill, murder)
- ликвидирам verb (to convert (assets) into cash — see also encash, realize, redeem)
- уреждам verb ((transitive) to settle the financial affairs of (a corporation, partnership, or other business) with the aim of ceasing operations; (intransitive) of a corporation, partnership, or other business: to settle financial affairs with the aim of ceasing operations; to go into liquidation — see also wind up)
Catalan
4 entries- liquidar verb (to kill (someone), usually violently — see also assassinate, kill, murder)
- liquidar verb (to convert (assets) into cash — see also encash, realize, redeem)
- liquidar verb (to settle (a debt) by paying the outstanding amount — see also pay off)
- liquidar verb ((transitive) to settle the financial affairs of (a corporation, partnership, or other business) with the aim of ceasing operations; (intransitive) of a corporation, partnership, or other business: to settle financial affairs with the aim of ceasing operations; to go into liquidation — see also wind up)
Czech
1 entries- vylikvidovat verb (to kill (someone), usually violently — see also assassinate, kill, murder)
Danish
1 entries- likvidere verb (to kill (someone), usually violently — see also assassinate, kill, murder)
Finnish
4 entries- likvidoida verb (to kill (someone), usually violently — see also assassinate, kill, murder)
- likvidoida verb (to convert (assets) into cash — see also encash, realize, redeem)
- maksaa pois verb (to settle (a debt) by paying the outstanding amount — see also pay off)
- pehmentää verb (to make (a sound) less harsh)
French
4 entries- liquider verb (to kill (someone), usually violently — see also assassinate, kill, murder)
- liquider verb (to convert (assets) into cash — see also encash, realize, redeem)
- liquider verb (to settle (a debt) by paying the outstanding amount — see also pay off)
- liquider verb ((transitive) to settle the financial affairs of (a corporation, partnership, or other business) with the aim of ceasing operations; (intransitive) of a corporation, partnership, or other business: to settle financial affairs with the aim of ceasing operations; to go into liquidation — see also wind up)
German
4 entries- liquidieren verb (to kill (someone), usually violently — see also assassinate, kill, murder)
- liquidieren verb (to convert (assets) into cash — see also encash, realize, redeem)
- liquidieren verb (to settle (a debt) by paying the outstanding amount — see also pay off)
- liquidieren verb ((transitive) to settle the financial affairs of (a corporation, partnership, or other business) with the aim of ceasing operations; (intransitive) of a corporation, partnership, or other business: to settle financial affairs with the aim of ceasing operations; to go into liquidation — see also wind up)
Greek
3 entries- εκκαθαρίζω verb (to convert (assets) into cash — see also encash, realize, redeem)
- εκκαθαρίζω verb (to settle (a debt) by paying the outstanding amount — see also pay off)
- εκκαθαρίζω verb ((transitive) to settle the financial affairs of (a corporation, partnership, or other business) with the aim of ceasing operations; (intransitive) of a corporation, partnership, or other business: to settle financial affairs with the aim of ceasing operations; to go into liquidation — see also wind up)
Japanese
3 entries- 決着を付ける verb ((transitive) to settle the financial affairs of (a corporation, partnership, or other business) with the aim of ceasing operations; (intransitive) of a corporation, partnership, or other business: to settle financial affairs with the aim of ceasing operations; to go into liquidation — see also wind up)
- 清算する verb (to settle (a debt) by paying the outstanding amount — see also pay off)
- 清算する verb ((transitive) to settle the financial affairs of (a corporation, partnership, or other business) with the aim of ceasing operations; (intransitive) of a corporation, partnership, or other business: to settle financial affairs with the aim of ceasing operations; to go into liquidation — see also wind up)
Macedonian
4 entries- ликвиди́ра verb (to kill (someone), usually violently — see also assassinate, kill, murder)
- омекне verb (to make (a sound) less harsh)
- отплати verb (to settle (a debt) by paying the outstanding amount — see also pay off)
- реализи́ра verb (to convert (assets) into cash — see also encash, realize, redeem)
Polish
1 entries- likwidować verb (to kill (someone), usually violently — see also assassinate, kill, murder)
Portuguese
1 entries- liquidar verb (to kill (someone), usually violently — see also assassinate, kill, murder)
Russian
4 entries- вы́платить verb (to settle (a debt) by paying the outstanding amount — see also pay off)
- выпла́чивать verb (to settle (a debt) by paying the outstanding amount — see also pay off)
- ликвиди́ровать verb (to kill (someone), usually violently — see also assassinate, kill, murder)
- ликвиди́ровать verb (to settle (a debt) by paying the outstanding amount — see also pay off)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- likvidírati verb (to kill (someone), usually violently — see also assassinate, kill, murder)
- likvidírati verb (to settle (a debt) by paying the outstanding amount — see also pay off)
- ликвиди́рати verb (to kill (someone), usually violently — see also assassinate, kill, murder)
- ликвиди́рати verb (to settle (a debt) by paying the outstanding amount — see also pay off)
Slovene
4 entries- likvidirati verb (to kill (someone), usually violently — see also assassinate, kill, murder)
- likvidirati verb (to convert (assets) into cash — see also encash, realize, redeem)
- likvidirati verb ((transitive) to settle the financial affairs of (a corporation, partnership, or other business) with the aim of ceasing operations; (intransitive) of a corporation, partnership, or other business: to settle financial affairs with the aim of ceasing operations; to go into liquidation — see also wind up)
- poravnati verb (to settle (a debt) by paying the outstanding amount — see also pay off)
Spanish
1 entries- liquidar verb (to kill (someone), usually violently — see also assassinate, kill, murder)
Swedish
3 entries- likvidera verb (to kill (someone), usually violently — see also assassinate, kill, murder)
- likvidera verb (to convert (assets) into cash — see also encash, realize, redeem)
- likvidera verb ((transitive) to settle the financial affairs of (a corporation, partnership, or other business) with the aim of ceasing operations; (intransitive) of a corporation, partnership, or other business: to settle financial affairs with the aim of ceasing operations; to go into liquidation — see also wind up)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ліквідувати verb (to kill (someone), usually violently — see also assassinate, kill, murder)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
The Soviet Union tried to liquidate religion from the Soviet life.
Source: tatoeba (11860370)
The Para rubber is of very fine quality, […] whilst the Ceara, a very inferior quality, often passes through a species of decomposition before arriving in this country, the heat of the ship's hold being sufficient to partially liquidate its substance.
Source: wiktionary
A Drunkard is a Creature God ne're made, / The Species Man, the Nature retrograde, / […] / Thoſe damn themſelves to heap an ill-got Store, / Theſe liquidate their VVealth, and covet to be poor.
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