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Word: Liquidate
Speech Type: Verb
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘set out (accounts) clearly’): from medieval Latin liquidat- ‘made clear’, from the verb liquidare, from Latin liquidus (see liquid). liquidate (sense 1) was influenced by Italian liquidare and French liquider, liquidate (sense 2) by Russian likvidirovatʹ
ˈlɪkwɪdeɪt
wind up the affairs of (a business) by ascertaining liabilities and apportioning assets
Short Definition:wind up business
Examples:- if the company was liquidated, there would be enough funds released to honour the debts
kill (someone), typically by violent means
Short Definition:kill
Examples:- rivals and critics were liquidated in bloody purges
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