liquidate

verbs

get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing

"The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized"

do in, knock off, liquidate, neutralise, neutralize, waste

is derived from

is derived from

eliminate by paying off (debts)

liquidate, pay off

is derived from

convert into cash

"I had to liquidate my holdings to pay off my ex-husband"

liquidate

is a type of (narrower)

exchange for cash

"I cashed the check as soon as it arrived in the mail"

settle the affairs of by determining the debts and applying the assets to pay them off

"liquidate a company"

liquidate

is a type of (narrower)

dispose of; make a financial settlement