1
as in to eradicate
to destroy all traces of
a decisive act that liquidated all doubts and fears about his governing abilities
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2
as in to assassinate
to put to death deliberately
his first act as absolute ruler was to liquidate his opponents
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Recent Examples of liquidate
Jones' bankruptcy case included a 2024 auction to liquidate Infowars' assets to help pay off the judgments, and the The Onion was named the winning bidder.
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ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026
Upon the official death notice of Iowa State gymnastics, the conversation shifted overnight—from saving the program to liquidating its assets.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 27 Apr. 2026
The Onion is taking over conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars brand as courts are liquidating the bankrupt far-right talk show host’s companies following the more than $1 billion in defamation judgments against him.
—Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
Colombia’s government is pressing ahead with a plan to transfer about $7 billion from private pension savings into the public retirement system, a move that risks destabilizing local markets as funds may be forced to rapidly liquidate assets to comply.
—Oscar Medina, Bloomberg, 24 Apr. 2026
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ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026
Upon the official death notice of Iowa State gymnastics, the conversation shifted overnight—from saving the program to liquidating its assets.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 27 Apr. 2026
The Onion is taking over conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars brand as courts are liquidating the bankrupt far-right talk show host’s companies following the more than $1 billion in defamation judgments against him.
—Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
Colombia’s government is pressing ahead with a plan to transfer about $7 billion from private pension savings into the public retirement system, a move that risks destabilizing local markets as funds may be forced to rapidly liquidate assets to comply.
—Oscar Medina, Bloomberg, 24 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for liquidate
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What’s worse, these wood-destroying insects can be hard to spot and are famously challenging to eradicate.—
Dan Simms,
USA Today,
12 May 2026
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Teammates don’t want Rushing to eradicate his competitiveness.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
8 May 2026
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North Korea has updated its constitution to require a retaliatory nuclear strike if leader Kim Jong Un is assassinated, according to a report.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
10 May 2026
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Even more frightening is a judge apologizing to an assassin who risked the lives of 2,000 people while attempting to assassinate the president and his cabinet.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
8 May 2026
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If all of that stuff has to be paid for by hard campaign dollars, dollars that would be disclosed within 100 days to who?—
NBC news,
NBC news,
10 May 2026
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The annual event pays homage to the 27 million Soviet citizens who died in that war.—
Guy Faulconbridge,
USA Today,
10 May 2026
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Just his ability to erase mistakes is extremely impressive where guys drive in the paint and see him and turn around and dribble out.—
Josh Robbins,
New York Times,
6 May 2026
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Satellite imagery reveals that in the weeks following the attack on the Abu Naser family building, more Israeli bombing nearly erased the rest of the neighborhood.—
Anas Baba,
NPR,
6 May 2026
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Betty Broderick, a onetime socialite convicted of murdering her ex-husband and his new wife back in 1989, has died.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
10 May 2026
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Other deaths in the movie include King Jerrod (Desmond Chiam), Kitana's (Adeline Rudolph) father, who is murdered in the opening sequence in a battle with Shao Kahn.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
9 May 2026
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The race there begins somberly in the museum before runners bound up one flight of stairs into a hallway that leads into the main stairwell; from there, the steps settle into continuous, shallow right turns providing a repetitive, hypnotic cadence.—
Michelle Sinclair Colman,
Curbed,
7 May 2026
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The administration has also settled three deals with developers of more nascent offshore projects, paying back lease fees to the tune of nearly $2 billion in taxpayer dollars for the projects to not be built.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN Money,
7 May 2026
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Dreaded by some, dodged by others, and abolished by at least one executive entirely, quarterly earnings calls remain must-listen rituals for Wall Street and the business press, but not for most consumers or even rank‑and‑file employees.—
Rachel Ventresca,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
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Its refusal to abolish slavery placed it in a small club of holdouts, with Cuba and Brazil.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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In the end, Erik Heil and the Germans closed to within a boat length at the final turning mark, and Botin was forced to execute a high-pressure tack to stay ahead and claim second.—
Andrew Rice,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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Wide-ranging and unpredictable symptoms can disrupt a menopausal woman’s ability to concentrate and execute tasks at work.—
Shirley Velasquez,
Flow Space,
11 May 2026
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“Liquidate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liquidate. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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