liquidate
- v get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
The mafia liquidated the informer - v eliminate by paying off (debts)
- v convert into cash
I had to liquidate my holdings to pay off my ex-husband - v settle the affairs of by determining the debts and applying the assets to pay them off
liquidate a company
liquidize
- v get rid of all one's merchandise
- v make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating
liquify
- v make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating
- v become liquid or fluid when heated