liquidate

verb

ˈli-kwə-ˌdāt How to pronounce liquidate (audio)
Definition of liquidatenext
1
as in to eradicate
to destroy all traces of a decisive act that liquidated all doubts and fears about his governing abilities

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms
2
as in to assassinate
to put to death deliberately his first act as absolute ruler was to liquidate his opponents

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms
3
as in to pay
to give what is owed for used our lottery winnings to liquidate our debts

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of liquidate This type of filing allows the company to restructure itself without liquidating assets. — Dale Denwalt, Oklahoman, 18 Sep. 2026 In July 2025, Singapore appointed Deloitte to liquidate the non-cash assets seized by investigators. — Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026 Vertical farming startup 80 Acres Farms has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy to liquidate its assets. — Alexander Coolidge, Cincinnati Enquirer, 27 Aug. 2026 The state of Delaware wrongly seized and liquidated his stock after the man didn’t log into his trading account for years. — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for liquidate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for liquidate
  1. eradicate
  2. assassinate
  3. pay
  4. erase
  5. murder
  6. settle
  7. abolish
  8. execute
Verb
  • Through hidden fees and poor service, traditional banks have alienated many customers, while online banking and ATMs have eradicated differences between banks.
    — Jeffrey I. Cole, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Burnham has also made pledges about reducing, and even eradicating, homelessness, improving care for the elderly and meeting NATO targets on defense spending.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of eradicate
Verb
  • Moscow even planned to assassinate Armin Papperger, the CEO of the German defense giant Rheinmetall, to undermine the continent’s support for Ukraine.
    — Sam Mullins, Foreign Affairs, 28 Oct. 2026
  • In Cucuta, next to the border with Venezuela, authorities are investigating the murder of a former deputy mayor, who was assassinated on Monday night while on his way home.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of assassinate
Verb
  • Benton County will pay $1,014,312 annually, Gentry will pay $195,140, Cave Springs will pay $165,500, and Decatur will pay $94,568.
    — Randy Moll, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
  • As rocket launches increase, researchers are paying closer attention to this danger.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of pay
Verb
  • With an over 2% gain Thursday, Johnson & Johnson has erased all of its post-earnings sell-off.
    — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Keep in mind that removing a search result does not erase the information from the original website.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of erase
Verb
  • Peltola, during a candidate forum Friday, became emotional speaking about the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous people and said additional law enforcement resources are needed.
    — Becky Bohrer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Peltola, during a candidate forum Friday, became emotional speaking about the crisis of missing and murdered indigenous people and said additional law enforcement resources are needed.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of murder
Verb
  • He was educated at Middlebury College, and lived in New York City for 15 years, before settling back on the farm with his wife, Olga, and their children, Fiona and Abraham.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Remember, parents with kids this age are also the ones that are still living with their mom and dad, have to have coloring books and fidget toys at work to settle their nerves and focus and flat out refuse to grow up.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of settle
Verb
  • Both Weir and Khan have expressed their wishes for the reinstatement of tax-free shopping (abolished in 2021) for overseas visitors — a proposal that was met with cheers at the BFC’s fashion week breakfast this year.
    — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Daylight saving time was repealed after World War I and then brought back in World War II in 1942, only to be abolished again three years later.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of abolish
Verb
  • The high court found that the administration had not demonstrated that the president was authorized to use regular military forces to execute federal laws or that those forces were unable to carry out the mission.
    — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Through it all, each member of the 11-person cast plays an instrument — or two or three or four — while toggling between characters, belting lyrics and executing Chi-San Howard’s enthralling choreography.
    — Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of execute

Browse Nearby Words

liquid
liquidate
liquidated
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Liquidate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liquidate. Accessed 31 Oct. 2026.

Copy Citation
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

Listen to the pronunciation of wraith

See Definitions and Examples »

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

How to Use 'Who' vs. 'Whom'

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

'Affect' vs. 'Effect'

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

The Longest Long Words List

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

Pwn, Skibidi, Girlboss and Other Words Added to the 2026 Scrabble Dictionary

The Words of the Week - Oct. 30

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World
See More

Popular

See More

How to Use 'Who' vs. 'Whom'

The Longest Long Words List

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
different halloween monsters in silhouette
A Monstrous Vocab Quiz Words That Go Bump in the Night
See All