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Noun: liquidation  ,li-kwi'dey-shun
  1. Termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities
    "The company's liquidation resulted in massive job losses";
    - settlement
     
  2. The murder of a competitor
    "The liquidation of political opponents was a common practice in the regime";
    - elimination
     
  3. 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