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liquidate
verb
1 liquidate
Get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing:
— The mafia liquidated the informer.
synonyms: do in, knock off, neutralise, neutralize, waste.
Roget 807:
pay,
defray,
make payment;
paydown,
pay on the nail,
pay ready money,
pay at sight,
pay in advance;
cash,
honor a bill,
acknowledge;
redeem;
pay in kind.
pay one's way,
pay one's shot,
pay one's footing;
pay the piper,
pay sauce for all,
pay costs;
do the needful;
shell out,
fork out;
cough up [Coll.],
fork over;
come down with,
come down with the dust;
tickle the palm,
grease the palm;
expend
etc.
809;
put down,
lay down.
discharge,
settle,
quit,
acquit oneself of;
foot the bill;
account with,
reckon with,
settle with,
be even with,
be quits with;
strike a balance;
settle accounts with,
balance accounts with,
square accounts with;
quit scores;
wipe off old scores,
clear off old scores;
satisfy;
pay in full;
satisfy all demands,
pay in full of all demands;
clear,
liquidate;
pay up,
pay old debts.
disgorge,
make repayment;
repay,
refund,
reimburse,
retribute†;
make compensation
etc.
30.
pay by credit card,
put it on the plastic.
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Roget 812:
bear a price,
set a price,
fix a price;
appraise,
assess,
doom [U.S.],
price,
charge,
demand,
ask,
require,
exact,
run up;
distrain;
run up a bill
etc.
(debt)
806;
have one's price;
liquidate.
amount to,
come to,
mount up to;
stand one in.
fetch,
sell for,
cost,
bring in,
yield,
afford.
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2 liquidate
Eliminate by paying off (debts).
synonym: pay off.
3 liquidate
4 liquidate
Settle the affairs of by determining the debts and applying the assets to pay them off.
Moby thesaurus: abstract, amortize, annihilate, assassinate, bereave of life, break, bump off, bust, carry away, carry off, cash, cash in, cashier, cast off, cast out, chloroform, chuck, clear, clear away, clear off, clear out, clear the decks, clear the trade, close out, convert, convert into cash, cool, cut down, cut off, cut out, deconsecrate, defrock, deport, depose, deprive of life, deracinate, destroy, dethrone, disbar, discharge, discrown, disenthrone, dismiss, dispatch, dispel, displace, dispose of, do away with, do for, do in, do to death, drum out, dump, dust off, eject, elide, eliminate, end, eradicate, excommunicate, execute, exile, expatriate, expel, exterminate, extirpate, finish, finish off, fling off, get quit of, get rid of, get shut of, give the gate, honor, immolate, kick upstairs, kill, knock off, launch into eternity, lift, lynch, make accounts square, make away with, martyr, martyrize, murder, oust, outlaw, overthrow, pay, pay in full, pay off, pay the bill, pay the shot, pay up, pension, pension off, pick out, poison, purge, put away, put down, put to death, put to sleep, quit, read out of, redeem, remove, remove from life, remove from office, retire, root out, root up, sacrifice, satisfy, sell, sell out, sell short, settle, shake off, shoo, slay, square, square accounts, starve, strike a balance, strike off, strike out, strip of office, strip of rank, superannuate, suspend, sweep away, take life, take off, take up, terminate the account, throw away, throw off, throw over, throw overboard, unchurch, unfrock, unload, unsaddle, unseat, unthrone, uproot, weed out, wipe out ... show more.
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