liquidating Definition

liquidate
verb liquidated, liquidating

1. To bring to an end the trading of (an individual or a company), and have debts and assets calculated.

Thesaurus: dissolve, abolish, dispatch, sell off, annul.
2. To turn (assets) into cash.
3. To pay off (a debt).
4. To eliminate.
5a. euphemistic, slang
To get rid of someone by killing, often violently and in mass numbers;
Thesaurus: kill, annihilate, assassinate, exterminate, bump off (slang), rub out (US slang), knock off (slang).
5b. euphemistic, slang
To suppress or put an end to something or get rid of something, usually by violent or illegal means.

Etymology: 16c: from Latin liquidare to make clear.