liquidation

noun

Definition of liquidationnext
as in removal

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  1. removal
  2. elimination
  3. abolition
  4. erasure
  5. cancellation
  6. annulment
Noun
  • Trump undid Obama’s deportation priorities, broadening the pool of immigrants who could be targeted for removal and giving more power to immigration enforcement officers to make those judgments, according to the Bipartisan Policy Center.
    Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Pull invasive plants Sugar Creek chapter of the Ozark Society is partnering with the Nature Conservancy Nov. 14 for invasive species removal at the Logan Springs Preserve in the Logan community of southern Benton County.
    Flip Putthoff, arkansasonline.com, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of removal
Noun
  • Changes implemented by the city’s elections department include restricting the number of poll challengers and the elimination of high-speed tabulators.
    Violet Ikonomova, Sam Robinson, M.L. Elrick, Natalie Davies and Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
  • The surcharge elimination is part of his new strategy, which includes quicker service, streamlining menu options, bringing back condiment bars, and making Starbucks stores a place to sit and enjoy coffee again.
    Megan Poinski, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of elimination
Noun
  • Law enforcement spending and the concept of police abolition have become divisive issues in the De León-Jurado contest, as well as in the council race between former State Assemblymember Adrin Nazarian and small-business owner Jillian Burgos.
    Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
  • For example, several filmmakers speak openly about the idea of prison abolition on day two, which is dedicated to films about prisons made by people who have never served time, judged by a jury of men currently serving at San Quentin.
    Selome Hailu, Variety, 16 Oct. 2024
Definition of abolition
Noun
  • This has been the case for so many Black artists at the core of our collection that this fact defines the substance of our collecting mission, which is to correct that erasure.
    Pamela J. Joyner, ARTnews.com, 14 Oct. 2024
  • This erasure is especially egregious, since the Beats’ hipster stylings drew heavily from a proximity to Blackness and imitation of jazz musicians.
    Jack Denton, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
Definition of erasure
Noun
  • This decrease is largely attributed to the cancellation of the GM series production award.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Maxwell noted that a letter had been sent alongside the challenges, including a registration cancellation form, which led some 2,300 voters to remove themselves from Pennsylvania's registration lists.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of cancellation
Noun
  • The hijacking followed the annulment of Nigeria's June 12, 1993, presidential election.
    Jordana Comiter, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Borisov collaborated with Madison especially closely during the film’s physically demanding centerpiece that plays like a real-time home invasion when Igor and the rest of the clan arrive at Ivan’s family’s Brooklyn mansion to drag her to court for an annulment.
    Tomris Laffly, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of annulment
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