Synonyms for liquidate
verb
To pay
settle, repay, reimburse; see pay 1.
To change into money
sell, convert, change; see cash, exchange 2.
To abolish
annul, cancel, destroy; see abolish, eliminate 1.
*To kill
annihilate, murder, do in*; see kill 1.
See liquidate in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To set right by giving what is due:
clear, discharge, pay (off or up), satisfy, settle, square. See payTo destroy all traces of:
abolish, annihilate, blot out, clear, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, kill1, obliterate, remove, root1 (out or up), rub out, snuff out, stamp out, uproot, wipe out. Idioms: do away with, make an end of, put an end to. See help, makeTo get rid of, especially by banishment or execution:
eliminate, eradicate, purge, remove, wipe out. Idioms: do away with, put an end to. See help, keepTo take the life of (a person or persons) unlawfully:
destroy, finish (off), kill1, murder, slay. (Informal) put away. (Slang) bump off, do in, knock off, off, rub out, waste, wipe out, zap. See help
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