get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; The mafia liquidated the informer; the double agent was neutralized

[ Syn: neutralize , neutralise , waste , knock off , do in ]

eliminate by paying off (debts)

[ Syn: pay off ]

convert into cash; I had to liquidate my holdings to pay off my ex-husband'

settle the affairs of by determining the debts and applying the assets to pay them off; liquidate a company'