Liquidate - Definition

v 1: get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The
mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was
neutralized" [syn: neutralize, neutralise, liquidate,
waste, knock off, do in]
2: eliminate by paying off (debts) [syn: liquidate, pay off]
3: convert into cash; "I had to liquidate my holdings to pay off
my ex-husband"
4: settle the affairs of by determining the debts and applying
the assets to pay them off; "liquidate a company"