1
as in to eradicate
to destroy all traces of
a decisive act that liquidated all doubts and fears about his governing abilities
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2
as in to assassinate
to put to death deliberately
his first act as absolute ruler was to liquidate his opponents
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Recent Examples of liquidate
Despite widespread calls for divestment, only 440 (or 28%) of the 1,599 companies with Russian subsidiaries at the start of the full-scale invasion have fully severed ties by selling or liquidating assets in Russia.
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Nezir Sinani, Fortune Europe, 21 Nov. 2024
True to its name, the remaining stores are being liquidated in partnership with Hilco Merchant Resources.
—Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
However, the Sandy Hook families have not seen any of this money because Jones filed for bankruptcy and moved to liquidate his assets.
—Justin Klawans, The Week Us, theweek, 20 Nov. 2024
Accusations started flying, with many crypto observers alleging that $HAWK was a pump-and-dump scheme, or a rug pull — when developers build hype for a crypto project to raise money only to liquidate their position and walk away, with others left holding worthless tokens.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2024
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Nezir Sinani, Fortune Europe, 21 Nov. 2024
True to its name, the remaining stores are being liquidated in partnership with Hilco Merchant Resources.
—Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
However, the Sandy Hook families have not seen any of this money because Jones filed for bankruptcy and moved to liquidate his assets.
—Justin Klawans, The Week Us, theweek, 20 Nov. 2024
Accusations started flying, with many crypto observers alleging that $HAWK was a pump-and-dump scheme, or a rug pull — when developers build hype for a crypto project to raise money only to liquidate their position and walk away, with others left holding worthless tokens.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2024
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Israel then vowed to eradicate Hamas and have since devastated the Palestinian territory.John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
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Killing female deer weakens a herd’s ability to grow, and officials thought that thinning out deer herds was the key to eradicating the disease and preserving wild herd health.Sophie Hartley, Scientific American, 10 Jan. 2025
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The tradition of a national day of mourning following the death of a notable public figure began in the U.S. after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865, according to The New York Times.Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 9 Jan. 2025
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The honor is not exclusively reserved for presidents, though—there were national days of mourning after the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy were assassinated.Molly Bohannon, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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Credit reporting, a threat that has been wielded by medical providers and debt collectors to get patients to pay their bills, is the most common collection tactic used by hospitals, a KFF Health News analysis found.Noam N. Levey, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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Essentially, everyone has to pay to reimburse people whose homes lie in high-risk areas.Alana Semuels, TIME, 9 Jan. 2025
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The odds are that the response will sit in an internal digital memory buffer for a while and not be immediately erased or discarded.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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Nearby Altadena, a historically largely Black neighborhood, has essentially been erased from the map.Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 15 Jan. 2025
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The GoFundMe established this week singles out her 5-year-old son as needing special attention after seeing his mom get murdered.Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2025
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California For Subscribers The Mexican Mafia Tapes: Secret recordings reveal greed, betrayal — and a deal with the feds Sept. 4, 2024 Stinson had already been serving a life sentence for murdering a drug dealer in 1979.Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
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His father was a research scientist for the Department of Agriculture, and his peripatetic family lived in the plains states, the Pacific Northwest and the Southeast before settling in Alexandria, Virginia, where Lynch attended high school.Chris Morris, Variety, 16 Jan. 2025
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Wakil, who was born in Syria and raised in Venezuela before settling in Miami more than a decade ago, was a rags to riches businessman who profited from his corrupt contracts with the Venezuelan government, U.S. authorities say.Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2025
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That loophole remained open following the most recent U.S. election, which saw California voters shooting down Proposition 6, which would have abolished prison labor.Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 11 Jan. 2025
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So legislation abolishing the department (already written by GOP Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota) would have to pass through budget reconciliation, which lets certain legislation pass with a mere majority in the Senate.Dylan Matthews, Vox, 2 Jan. 2025
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Over the course of two decades, Rita executed 169 transfers, averaging $2.5 million per year.Sean Keane, ABC News, 15 Jan. 2025
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It has been widely reported that the President-elect plans to execute as many as 100 executive orders on a wide variety of issues during his first day in office next Monday.David Blackmon, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Liquidate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liquidate. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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