Verb liquidate has 4 senses
  1. neutralize, neutralise, liquidate, waste, knock off, do in - get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized"
    --1 is one way to kill
    Derived forms: noun liquidation3, noun liquidator1
    Sample sentence:
    They want to liquidate the prisoners
  2. liquidate, pay off - eliminate by paying off (debts)
    --2 is one way to pay up, ante up, pay
    Derived form: noun liquidation1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  3. liquidate - convert into cash; "I had to liquidate my holdings to pay off my ex-husband"
    --3 is one way to
    cash, cash in
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  4. liquidate - settle the affairs of by determining the debts and applying the assets to pay them off; "liquidate a company"
    --4 is one way to
    settle
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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