Both Uses of
liquidate
in
Not Without My Daughter
- Moody had surreptitiously drained large sums of cash from our bank accounts before we came to Iran, but he was unwilling to liquidate all of our assets, for that would surely have alerted me to his plans.†
- He had to sell his business, liquidate his assets, and assure himself of the necessary precautions, but he was determined to flee before his past caught up with him.†
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Definition:
To settle or dispose of something completely -- especially by selling assets or forcefully eliminating a person or thing