liquidate
/ˈlɪkwəˌdeɪt/
- Verb
- to sell (a business, property, etc.) especially to pay off debt
- The owners were ordered to liquidate the company and pay their creditors.
- The company is liquidating its assets.
- They liquidated the estate. [=they sold the property of the estate]
- The owners were ordered to liquidate.
- to pay all the money owed for (a debt)
- liquidate a debt/loan
- to destroy (something) or kill (someone)
- The film is about a professional killer who's hired to liquidate a powerful businessman.