Both Uses
liquidate
in
The Chrysalids
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- If our neighbours were as conscientious as ourselves, he had no doubt that their liquidations would far outnumber ours: unfortunately there were certain persons with elastic principles.†
Chpt 2
- My father, however, seldom called in the inspector, he preferred to be on the safe side and liquidate anything doubtful.†
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Definitions:
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(1)
(liquidate) To settle or dispose of something completely -- especially by selling assets or forcefully eliminating a person or thing
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)