liquidate meaning and definition

LIQUIDATE verb

Definition of liquidate (verb)

1. get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
   • "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized"
   • synonyms: do in, knock off, neutralise, neutralize, waste
2. eliminate by paying off (debts)
   • synonyms: pay off
3. convert into cash
   • "I had to liquidate my holdings to pay off my ex-husband"
4. settle the affairs of by determining the debts and applying the assets to pay them off
   • "liquidate a company"