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# liquidate

verb (liquidate, liquidates, liquidated, liquidating)

«liquidate» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (formal, business) To liquidate a company is to close it and sell everything it owns to pay its debts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liquidate/#m1)
2. (formal) To turn things you own into money by selling them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liquidate/#m2)
3. (formal, euphemism) To kill or get rid of enemies, in stories and history. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liquidate/#m3)

### In the lessons

Used in business news and formal writing. It tells the reader something was closed down and sold, or, in crime stories, someone was got rid of. Phrases: «liquidate a company», «liquidate assets».

### Examples

- The failing company was liquidated. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liquidate/#x1)
- They liquidated their savings to buy a house. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liquidate/#x2)
- The shop had to liquidate its stock in a closing-down sale. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liquidate/#x3)
- In the spy story, the villain ordered the agent to be liquidated. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liquidate/#x4)
- Banks may liquidate a business that cannot pay its debts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liquidate/#x5)
- The toy factory was liquidated after losing money. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liquidate/#x6)

### Note

Formal. Noun: liquidation («go into liquidation»). Not the same as «liquefy» (turn into liquid), though both come from «liquid».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «liquidate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liquidate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«liquidate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/liquidate.html) on Mova free.