1
as in to eradicate
to destroy all traces of
a decisive act that liquidated all doubts and fears about his governing abilities
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2
as in to assassinate
to put to death deliberately
his first act as absolute ruler was to liquidate his opponents
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Recent Examples of liquidate
To help get through that period, the association cut staff by about 25%, liquidated as much as $85 million worth of investments and opened a $150 million revolving credit facility to meet operating cash needs.
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Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Plan structures could also incorporate tools like liquidity lines to allow participants to liquidate under pre-determined conditions.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2025
Giarratana secured a $340 million financing deal after liquidating a previous construction loan earlier this year.
—Molly Davis, The Tennessean, 22 Aug. 2025
In turn, this pushes the coin's price even higher and results in more positions being liquidated.
—Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2025
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Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Plan structures could also incorporate tools like liquidity lines to allow participants to liquidate under pre-determined conditions.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2025
Giarratana secured a $340 million financing deal after liquidating a previous construction loan earlier this year.
—Molly Davis, The Tennessean, 22 Aug. 2025
In turn, this pushes the coin's price even higher and results in more positions being liquidated.
—Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for liquidate
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In that time, the potentially fatal disease has been virtually eradicated among American children.—
Kff Health News,
Oc Register,
16 Sep. 2025
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Although interest in Russian Cosmism was quickly eradicated, the movement has acquired new life in the 21st century.—
Tim Brinkhof,
Big Think,
12 Sep. 2025
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The gun authorities say was used to assassinate Charlie Kirk was a Mauser 98, a common bolt-action rifle typically used for hunting.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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Charlie Kirk, a prominent conservative figure, was assassinated on Wednesday while speaking at a college campus in Utah.—
Agustina Vergara Cid,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
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In 2022, things came to a head when the company not only failed to pay its vendors but also ceased communication with their customers.—
Amanda Lauren,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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The buyers also agree to pay those growers a small premium that is passed down to their workers.—
Max Blau,
ProPublica,
16 Sep. 2025
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Just weeks ago, gas was 10% cheaper than last year; that was erased.—
Matt Randolph,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Kris Mitchell erased Chambers’ records two years later, and Eric Rivers did it again last season.—
Walter Villa,
Miami Herald,
17 Sep. 2025
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The Netflix drama follows a British family as their 13-year-old son Jamie Miller (Owen Cooper) is accused and arrested for murdering a teenage girl in his class.—
Brenton Blanchet,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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Overall crime hit a 25-year low, and murder a six-year low, police said.—
Hanna Park,
CNN Money,
15 Sep. 2025
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At the plaza, Seth Teasdale was nearby as Kirk flung some caps into the crowd, then settled into his seat under the canopy to take questions.—
Rick Jervis,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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The Cortège gestures toward that transcendence, but too often settles for the kind of veiled enchantment that follows us home through our screens.—
David Hochman,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Iranian authorities must immediately implement a moratorium on all executions and abolish the death penalty.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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The Department of Labor withdrew a plan to establish a minimum wage for workers with disabilities and abolished wage protections for the home-health aides who assist millions of seniors and disabled people.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
16 Sep. 2025
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This opens a door for attackers to destabilize the browser or system its running on, to execute their own code.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Most of them are going to come down to track position, pit strategy, executing on pit road.—
Lydia Mee,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Liquidate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liquidate. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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