Synonyms and Antonyms of liquidate
1
to destroy all traces of
- a decisive act that liquidated all doubts and fears about his governing abilities
abolish, annihilate, black out, blot out, cancel, clean (up), efface, eradicate, erase, expunge, exterminate, extirpate, obliterate, root (out), rub out, snuff (out), stamp (out), sweep (away), wipe out
decimate, demolish, destroy, devastate, ravage
dismantle, flatten, mow (down), raze, tear down
ruin, total, waste, wreck
blast, blow up, dash, dynamite, smash
atomize, consume, devour, dissolve, fragment, powder, pulverize, shatter, splinter
doom, finish, kill, kill off, terminate, zap
cancel, cut, discard, ditch, eject, excise, expel, jettison, oust, throw out
conserve, preserve, protect, save
build, construct, create, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, frame, make, manufacture, shape
fix, mend, patch, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, renew, renovate, repair, restore, revamp
2
to put to death deliberately
- his first act as absolute ruler was to liquidate his opponents
assassinate, bump off, croak [slang], dispatch, do in, execute, get, ice [slang], knock off, murder, neutralize, off [slang], put away, rub out, slay, snuff, take out, terminate, whack [slang]
blow away, shoot, shoot down
blot out, carry off, claim, cut down, destroy, fell, kill, smite, zap
butcher, massacre, mow (down), slaughter
annihilate, eliminate, eradicate, exterminate, wipe out
3
to give what is owed for
- used our lottery winnings to liquidate our debts
ante (up), balance, clear, discharge, foot, meet, pay, pay off, pay up, pony up, quit, recompense, settle, spring (for), stand
