Noun: liquidation ,li-kwi'dey-shun
- Termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities
"The company's liquidation resulted in massive job losses";
- settlement
- The murder of a competitor
"The liquidation of political opponents was a common practice in the regime";
- elimination
- The act of exterminating
"The liquidation of political opponents shocked the international community";
- extermination
Derived forms: liquidations
Type of: conclusion, destruction, devastation, ending, execution, murder, slaying, termination
Encyclopedia: Liquidation