1wind up the affairs of (a business) by ascertaining liabilities and apportioning assets:if the company was liquidated, there would be enough funds released to honour the debts
[no object] (of a business) go into liquidation:the company would have the strength to reorganize and not be forced to liquidate
convert (assets) into cash:a plan to liquidate £1 billion worth of property over seven years
pay off (a debt):the fund was raided for purposes other than liquidating the public debt
2 informal kill (someone), typically by violent means:nationalist rivals and critics were liquidated in bloody purges
