liquidate

1 to destroy all traces of a decisive act that liquidated all doubts and fears about his governing abilities Synonyms of liquidate abolish, black out, blot out, cancel, clean (up), efface, eradicate, erase, expunge, exterminate, extirpate, annihilate, obliterate, root (out), rub out, snuff (out), stamp (out), sweep (away), wipe outWords Related to liquidate decimate, demolish, destroy, devastate, ravage; dismantle, flatten, mow (down), raze, tear down; ruin, total, waste, wreck; blast, blow up, dash, dynamite, smash; atomize, consume, devour, dissolve, fragment, powder, pulverize, shatter, splinter; doom, finish, kill, kill off, terminate, zap; cancel, cut, discard, ditch, eject, excise, expel, jettison, oust, throw outNear Antonyms of liquidate conserve, preserve, protect, save; build, construct, create, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, frame, make, manufacture, shape; fix, mend, patch, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, renew, renovate, repair, restore, revamp

2 to put to death deliberately his first act as absolute ruler was to liquidate his opponents Synonyms of liquidate assassinate, bump off, croak [slang], dispatch, do in, execute, get, ice [slang], knock off, murder, neutralize, off [slang], put away, rub out, slay, snuff, take out, terminate, whack [slang]Words Related to liquidate blow away, shoot, shoot down; blot out, carry off, claim, cut down, destroy, fell, kill, smite, zap; butcher, massacre, mow (down), slaughter; annihilate, eliminate, eradicate, exterminate, wipe outNear Antonyms of liquidate animate, raise, restore, resurrect, resuscitate, revive

3 to give what is owed for used our lottery winnings to liquidate our debts Synonyms of liquidate ante up, balance, clear, discharge, foot, pay, meet, pay off, pay up, pony up, quit, recompense, settle, spring (for), standAntonyms of liquidate repudiate