LIQUIDATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The murder of a competitor

Synonyms:

elimination; liquidation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("liquidation" is a kind of...):

execution; murder; slaying (unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being)

Derivation:

liquidate (get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing)

Meaning:

Termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities

Synonyms:

liquidation; settlement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("liquidation" is a kind of...):

conclusion; ending; termination (the act of ending something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "liquidation"):

viatical settlement; viaticus settlement (sale of an insurance policy by a terminally ill policy holder)

Derivation:

liquidate (eliminate by paying off (debts))

Meaning:

The act of exterminating

Synonyms:

extermination; liquidation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("liquidation" is a kind of...):

destruction; devastation (the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists)