v. 25B6; verb
the company was liquidated : CLOSE DOWN, wind up, put into liquidation, dissolve, disband.
he liquidated his share portfolio : CONVERT (TO CASH), cash in, sell off/up.
liquidating the public debt : PAY (OFF), pay in full, settle, clear, discharge, square, honour.
(informal) they were liquidated in bloody purges. : See kill verb sense 1.