- 1[intransitive, transitive] liquidate (something) to close a business and sell everything it owns in order to pay debts
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- 2[transitive] liquidate something (finance) to sell something in order to get money to liquidate assets
- 3[transitive] liquidate something (finance) to pay a debt
- 4[transitive] liquidate somebody/something to destroy or remove someone or something that causes problems synonym annihilate The government tried to liquidate the rebel movement and failed.
liquidate
verbNAmE//ˈlɪkwəˌdeɪt//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they liquidate he / she / it liquidates
past simple liquidated
-ing form liquidating
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