1
as in eradicating
to destroy all traces of
a decisive act that liquidated all doubts and fears about his governing abilities
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as in murdering
to put to death deliberately
his first act as absolute ruler was to liquidate his opponents
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as in paying
to give what is owed for
used our lottery winnings to liquidate our debts
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Recent Examples of liquidating
The largest category of filing was for the fully liquidating Chapter 7, with 14,259.
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Paul Flahive, Austin American Statesman, 6 Feb. 2026
Francesca’s is also liquidating its inventory, according to Women’s Wear Daily.
—Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 22 Jan. 2026
Women's clothing retailer Francesca's is reportedly liquidating its inventory and closing soon.
—Samantha Neely, The Providence Journal, 20 Jan. 2026
On the company website, STG said in its filing that a Chapter 11 bankruptcy does not mean the company is going out of business or liquidating its assets.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 14 Jan. 2026
Hudson’s Bay, Canada’s oldest company, began liquidating all but six of its stores in March 2025.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 14 Jan. 2026
The resolution of casino debts is often its own drama, whether in liquidating assets or arriving at complex arrangements for payment.
—Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025
That might mean liquidating nearly all assets or eating seeds needed for future planting.
—Nurith Aizenman, NPR, 5 Nov. 2025
These steps allow savvy money managers to ride out periods of market decline without liquidating assets at the wrong moment.
—Jaime Catmull, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Paul Flahive, Austin American Statesman, 6 Feb. 2026
Francesca’s is also liquidating its inventory, according to Women’s Wear Daily.
—Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 22 Jan. 2026
Women's clothing retailer Francesca's is reportedly liquidating its inventory and closing soon.
—Samantha Neely, The Providence Journal, 20 Jan. 2026
On the company website, STG said in its filing that a Chapter 11 bankruptcy does not mean the company is going out of business or liquidating its assets.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 14 Jan. 2026
Hudson’s Bay, Canada’s oldest company, began liquidating all but six of its stores in March 2025.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 14 Jan. 2026
The resolution of casino debts is often its own drama, whether in liquidating assets or arriving at complex arrangements for payment.
—Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025
That might mean liquidating nearly all assets or eating seeds needed for future planting.
—Nurith Aizenman, NPR, 5 Nov. 2025
These steps allow savvy money managers to ride out periods of market decline without liquidating assets at the wrong moment.
—Jaime Catmull, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for liquidating
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Yet Aii has struggled to achieve more than a handful of percentage points of its goal of eradicating 100 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions by the decade’s end.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
19 Feb. 2026
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The very first big project the foundation took on was eradicating hookworm in the American South.—
Christopher DiLella,
CNBC,
17 Feb. 2026
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Revuckas is also charged with murdering Morales's unborn child and is due back in court on Wednesday.—
Marissa Sulek,
CBS News,
17 Feb. 2026
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The family of a Broward man is seeking justice after two teens were arrested in Texas on Thursday after being accused of murdering him.—
Ted Scouten,
Miami Herald,
14 Feb. 2026
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The latest chapter in this endless epic belongs to Kansas State, which is trying to line item its way out of paying Jerome Tang the money the administration offered him.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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Purported ransom notes were sent to news outlets, but two deadlines for paying have passed.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
17 Feb. 2026
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In other markets, gold’s price slumped briefly after the ruling before erasing its loss.—
Stan Choe,
Fortune,
20 Feb. 2026
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These services do all the work for you by actively monitoring and systematically erasing your personal information from hundreds of websites.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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Harry Jacobs, who was recently named head of the office's criminal division, was also involved in the prosecution of Vance Boelter, the man accused of assassinating former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark.—
Sarah N. Lynch,
CBS News,
5 Feb. 2026
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Days later, Trump, much to the surprise of even his own advisers, responded by assassinating Iran’s top military commander, Qassem Soleimani, in Iraq.—
Karim Sadjadpour,
The Atlantic,
31 Jan. 2026
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Across neighborhoods in San Francisco, Larkspur, the Tahoe basin and beyond, the loss is settling in — at dinner tables, in school drop-offs and along a mountainside waiting for the weather to shift.—
Julia Prodis Sulek,
Mercury News,
21 Feb. 2026
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Robert Zubrin, who has thought more about settling Mars than perhaps anyone alive today, thinks that Martian children would have to work a lot more than most kids do on Earth these days.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Feb. 2026
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Success will be measured by progress toward abolishing property taxes, restoring public trust, improving infrastructure reliability, reducing corruption, and overall approval from the people of Texas.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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Authoritarian states have learned to insulate themselves from diaspora pressure while simultaneously using emigration as a safety valve, turning potential dissidents into remittance-senders – as Cuba did by abolishing exit visas in 2013.—
Michael Paarlberg,
The Conversation,
12 Feb. 2026
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Prosecutors detain former Defense Minister Kim over his role in planning and executing the declaration of martial law.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Feb. 2026
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While executing the search warrant on Sunday, deputies found a man dead inside the home, the Sheriff’s Office said on Monday.—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Liquidating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liquidating. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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