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Synonyms for liquidate

Grammar : Verb
Spell : lik-wi-deyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɪk wɪˌdeɪt

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Définition of liquidate

Origin :
  • 1570s, "to reduce to order, to set out clearly" (of accounts), from Late Latin or Medieval Latin liquidatus, past participle of liquidare "to melt, make liquid or clear, clarify," from Latin liquidus (see liquid). Sense of "clear away" (a debt) first recorded 1755. The meaning "wipe out, kill" is from 1924, possibly from Russian likvidirovat. Related: Liquidated; liquidating.
  • verb pay; change into cash
  • verb destroy, dissolve
Example sentences :
  • Where did you obtain the money that you applied to liquidate, or partially to liquidate, your debts?
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • Which the same being the case, I invite all to come forward and liquidate.
  • Extract from : « A Waif of the Mountains » by Edward S. Ellis
  • His throat was dry and he proposed to liquidate his unusual exertion.
  • Extract from : « The Fighting Edge » by William MacLeod Raine
  • Now, my love, duty requires that I should at once begin to liquidate.
  • Extract from : « Under the Waves » by R M Ballantyne
  • There was only one thing to do—root them out, liquidate them.
  • Extract from : « Empire » by Clifford Donald Simak
  • He must liquidate the obligation, or be forgiven the debt by the creditor.
  • Extract from : « Cowley's Talks on Doctrine » by Matthias F. Cowley
  • Who will find means to liquidate the kingdom's indebtedness, whoever may be the creditor?
  • Extract from : « The Puppet Crown » by Harold MacGrath
  • But to make no attempt to liquidate his debt was as impossible as to speak to his father.
  • Extract from : « Home Influence » by Grace Aguilar
  • To Africa this country owes a debt larger than she is able to liquidate.
  • Extract from : « Thoughts on African Colonization » by William Lloyd Garrison
  • If he could hold out, he might be able to liquidate his most pressing debts.
  • Extract from : « Harding of Allenwood » by Harold Bindloss

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