liquidates

present tense third-person singular of liquidate
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as in pays
to give what is owed for used our lottery winnings to liquidate our debts

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for liquidates
Verb
  • Bonacini wants gold — a sterilizing cure that eradicates every trace of the virus and cannot return.
    Jia H. Jung, Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Long before their food arrives, Maggie asks for the check, pays, and walks out.
    Barry Levitt, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Meanwhile, the Queen B drink is a shoutout to Brittany Mahomes, the Showtime cocktail refers to Patrick’s lifelong nickname and the Big Yeti beverage pays tribute to Kelce’s pickup basketball nickname.
    Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This turnover erases institutional knowledge, disrupts relationships, and leads to inconsistent policy enforcement.
    Peter White, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Undue’s bulk purchase of debt affords them a substantial discount, so every donor dollar erases around $100 in debt.
    Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • That included a pair of hunters named Victor Travis and Raymond Burgess; on the show, Gein hunts them down and murders them with a chainsaw.
    JR Radcliffe, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Kramer was brought into the yogurt shop murders case in late 2022 to be a part of the investigative team to sort through the evidence and find DNA.
    Jean Casarez, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Auburn’s red-zone defense has been strong, but its pass coverage from linebackers and safeties has been a weak point, potentially creating an area Missouri could exploit if quarterback Beau Pribula settles in early.
    Zach Sweet, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Sign up here and bet $5 on the MLB postseason, college football or NFL this weekend and get the bonus bets if your initial wager settles as a win.
    Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Instead, this measure abolishes them.
    Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 31 Aug. 2025
  • The Iranian parliament has just approved a law that abolishes prison sentences for those who had to leave Iran illegally.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Missouri executes 1st inmate of the year Missouri executed Lance Shockley, 48, by lethal injection for the 2005 murder of 37-year-old Sgt.
    Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Operators input mission goals on the tablet, and the MATRIX autonomy software generates and executes a flight plan, using onboard sensors and algorithms to navigate safely and avoid obstacles.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • If Carr meets the moment, Notre Dame should have enough offense to pull away from USC during the second half and keep this season on the tracks.
    Pete Sampson, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • If a home's drain pipe breaks down, water can seep into the basement where the floor meets the foundation walls, Barrick said.
    Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Liquidates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liquidates. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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