liquidates

verb

present tense third-person singular of liquidate
1
as in eradicates
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 assassinates
to put to death deliberately his first act as absolute ruler was to liquidate his opponents

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3
as in pays
to give what is owed for used our lottery winnings to liquidate our debts

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Recent Examples of liquidates When the fund liquidates, the dividend dwelling is gone. — Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026 What happens to Spirit's assets like plane fleets and airline gates if the airline liquidates? — Kelly McCarthy, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026 The company filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, which liquidates a company by selling off its property to repay creditors. — Corina Vanek, AZCentral.com, 8 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for liquidates
  1. eradicates
  2. assassinates
  3. pays
  4. erases
  5. murders
  6. settles
  7. abolishes
  8. executes
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  • But that also eradicates a crucial option - to mount a show trial and scapegoat him for all the ills of his rule, thus absolving others.
    — Melik Kaylan, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • Treating the underlying condition eradicates the need for drug treatments that act globally.
    — Dr. Patricia Richard, Hartford Courant, 14 Apr. 2026
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  • That assassinates Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, sparking retaliatory attacks by Iran across the Middle East.
    — Jill Lawrence, Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Soleimani assassination | Trump orders a drone strike in Iraq that assassinates Qasem Soleimani, an influential Iranian military commander.
    — Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 1 Mar. 2026
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  • For now, the aftermarket pays nominal registry fees to officially access the manufacturers’ secure gateways.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Streamex also pays yield on tokenized gold, and its chief executive Henry McPhie has spelled out where his comes from.
    — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
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  • To be sure, charitable bequests are also fully deductible against the estate tax, which means the destination (charity) is what erases Buffett’s tax liability.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 30 July 2026
  • His best friend, Jacob Batalan’s Ned, and his girlfriend, Zendaya’s MJ, have been right by his side through most of the movie; at the end, a mystical spell erases their memory of him, ostensibly forever.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 28 July 2026
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  • Moriarty has reported on the yogurt shop murders for over 30 years.
    — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 26 June 2026
  • Not the family stuff, like Natalie’s spontaneous nipple piercing after making out with Cady’s maybe-daughter, Nevaeh (Malia Pyles), who later murders her own mother after kissing her, for way too long, on the mouth.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 26 June 2026
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  • Named for nebbia, the Italian word for the heavy layer of fog that settles over the vineyards around harvest time in early autumn, Nebbiolo has been cultivated in Piedmont for more than 750 years.
    — Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Then the camera settles on Anna’s face and stays there long enough to watch her smile give out, a choice Adams says wasn’t necessarily written that way.
    — JP Mangalindan, Time, 31 July 2026
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  • Attorney Monica Restanio, whose arguments in court for the Venezuelan family were responsible for winning the ruling that abolishes the minor issue, said she was thrilled.
    — Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 29 July 2026
  • At the end of the second installment, Mia is crowned the queen of Genovia single after Parliament abolishes the law requiring that a queen be married first.
    — Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 19 July 2026
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  • That puts Femi in a bit of a holding pattern until WWE executes that feud.
    — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Every time the user opens an OWA tab in the browser, the normal OWA sync process automatically executes OWAReaper.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 30 July 2026
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