1
as in to eradicate
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 to assassinate
to put to death deliberately
his first act as absolute ruler was to liquidate his opponents
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Recent Examples of liquidate
The housing finance companies must develop proposals that include digital assets, without requiring borrowers to liquidate them into U.S. dollars prior to a loan closing.
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Medora Lee, USA Today, 27 June 2025
Some gold products are easier to liquidate than others, and dealer buy-back policies can vary.
—Max Baecker, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
The suits were filed by Chapter 7 Trustee Christopher Murray, the federal official appointed to liquidate Jones’ assets to pay more than $1 billion in damages to the families of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
—Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Traditional money market funds can be liquidated within a day or two, though redeeming shares only happens during market hours.
—Hugh Son, CNBC, 23 July 2025
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Medora Lee, USA Today, 27 June 2025
Some gold products are easier to liquidate than others, and dealer buy-back policies can vary.
—Max Baecker, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
The suits were filed by Chapter 7 Trustee Christopher Murray, the federal official appointed to liquidate Jones’ assets to pay more than $1 billion in damages to the families of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
—Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Traditional money market funds can be liquidated within a day or two, though redeeming shares only happens during market hours.
—Hugh Son, CNBC, 23 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for liquidate
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The Department of Justice will continue bringing litigation against sanctuary jurisdictions and work closely with the Department of Homeland Security to eradicate these harmful policies around the country.—
Peter Aitken
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Aug. 2025
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Its nuclear infrastructure is wrecked but by no means wholly eradicated.—
Suzanne Maloney,
Foreign Affairs,
6 Aug. 2025
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Only five years earlier, Hill had rescued Jacqueline Kennedy in a moving limousine after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in a Dallas motorcade.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
17 Aug. 2025
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In 1983, the United States invaded the island after its young socialist leader, Maurice Bishop was assassinated, along with a dozen others, by his own comrades.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
15 Aug. 2025
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Officials would've had to raise taxes to pay for these projects, County Commissioner Marty Heffner said during a meeting in 2021.—
Kristine Phillips,
IndyStar,
26 Aug. 2025
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Mecklenburg voters will decide the fate of a referendum to raise the county’s sales tax to pay for road, rail and bus projects this November.—
Mary Ramsey,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Aug. 2025
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This practice of reframing doesn’t erase the problem, sure.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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The move to erase the sometimes ugly truth about this country’s history?—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
19 Aug. 2025
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The two had become friends, but police arrested Knox and charged her with murdering Kercher.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
20 Aug. 2025
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As teenagers, they were convicted of murdering three 8-year-old boys, allegedly as part of Satanic rites.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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After that, the larvae settle into the sand and begin to clone themselves.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Aug. 2025
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The transfer of ownership was settled in July and the total purchase price was $5,500,000, $1,071 per square foot.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
20 Aug. 2025
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But abolishing a property tax would fully freeze younger and lower-income folks out of the housing market because, in part, higher property taxes often lead to lower home prices, which reduces the down payment required for a homebuyer seeking a mortgage.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Aug. 2025
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One way not to do that—to take yet another example from this Administration—would be to end the Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program, which started during President Barack Obama’s second term and came to a close in March, when the U.S.D.A. abolished it.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
21 Aug. 2025
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Florida is set to execute a death row inmate for the kidnapping and stabbing death of a young woman who was attacked at work more than four decades ago.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
20 Aug. 2025
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The trailer reveals Park’s character Yun Yi-rang transforming from socialite to business mogul while executing elaborate schemes against corrupt villains.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
18 Aug. 2025
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“Liquidate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liquidate. Accessed 31 Aug. 2025.
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