vverb.contactget rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killingSynset:do in knock off neutralise neutralize waste
Examples:- The mafia liquidated the informer
- the double agent was neutralized
Derivationally Related Form:liquidatorliquidation
Hypernyms:kill
Inherited Hypernyms:neutralizekill
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | They want to --- the prisoners (apply to: liquidate, waste, knock off, do in)
vverb.possessioneliminate by paying off (debts)Synset:pay off
Derivationally Related Form:liquidation
Hypernyms:ante up pay pay up
Inherited Hypernyms:liquidatepay uppaysettlearrangeagree
Direct Hyponyms:amortiseamortizelift
Full Troponyms:amortizelift
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.possessionconvert into cashExamples:- I had to liquidate my holdings to pay off my ex-husband
Hypernyms:cash cash in
Inherited Hypernyms:liquidatecashexchangetransfer
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.possessionsettle the affairs of by determining the debts and applying the assets to pay them offHypernyms:settle
Inherited Hypernyms:liquidatesettlearrangeagree
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something