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as in repaid

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verb

past tense of liquidate
1
as in eradicated
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 assassinated
to put to death deliberately his first act as absolute ruler was to liquidate his opponents

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as in paid
to give what is owed for used our lottery winnings to liquidate our debts

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Recent Examples of liquidated
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In 2025, when three other SpaceX funds were liquidated, Meyer allegedly moved about $636,000 meant for investors into his personal account. — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026 The move was amplified by a cascade of short covering, with more than $300 million in short bitcoin positions liquidated over the past 24 hours, according to CoinGlass. — Sean Conlon,justina Lee,sarah Min, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2026 The state of Delaware wrongly seized and liquidated his stock after the man didn’t log into his trading account for years. — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026 It can't be diversified, rebalanced or liquidated the way a portfolio can. — Matt Nichols, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Two months later, it was liquidated into campaign cash at a value of $170,000, marking an almost $75,000 return. — Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2026 His shares were taken by Delaware and liquidated in 2008 without his knowledge. — Mark Lewyn, Baltimore Sun, 5 Aug. 2026 More than $50 million in short positions were liquidated within 24 hours, Coinglass data show. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 16 June 2026 Aviation experts said a revival would come with substantial challenges, as Spirit left behind billions in debt and its assets are being liquidated. — Bri Buckley, CBS News, 5 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for liquidated
  1. cleared
  2. eradicated
  3. assassinated
  4. paid
  5. erased
  6. murdered
  7. abolished
  8. executed
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  • Not all pads are alike, but a footprint on the larger side involves five to ten acres of cleared, packed ground that serves as the hub for drilling equipment, which can include wellheads, pump jacks, tanks, wastewater storage pits, trailers, and flare stacks.
    — Alex Heard, Outside, 4 Mar. 2026
  • What counts as a cleared sidewalk?
    — Quinn Clark, jsonline.com, 1 Dec. 2025
Definition of cleared
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  • Yet, we’re told by this administration that non-citizen voting is rampant and must be eradicated.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • How mouthwash affects your oral microbiome The oral microbiome is not a collection of pathogens to be eradicated.
    — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of eradicated
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  • This is where Catto was assassinated 155 years ago during a tumultuous Election Day in 1871.
    — Timothy Welbeck, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Yeah, people just want to see if I really did get assassinated by Madonna’s Cartel.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2026
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  • The deal is reportedly worth $15 million a year, nearly four times what James is paid to play basketball for the Philadelphia 76ers.
    — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Among the city’s top 15 earners, 11 were police officers and supervisors — all paid more than $245,000 per year.
    — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of paid
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  • His apprehension turned into anger when the city’s Department of Transportation erased the DIY crosswalks two months later.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Musk effectively erased that trade-off, supplying enough money to build a dedicated financial firewall around Paxton without forcing the party to pull resources from other battlegrounds.
    — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of erased
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  • The day is often marked by protests against memorials to Christopher Columbus, for environmental justice, for the return of Indigenous lands and in honor of missing and murdered Indigenous women.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Now, a new killer has murdered an altar boy and used his blood to write her name.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of murdered
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  • Although California had technically abolished slavery in its 1849 constitution, no legal authority troubled Smith about his human property.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Twenty-three states have abolished it, and three besides California have a moratorium.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of abolished
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  • Instead of flying the drone remotely with individual controls, the F-22 pilot sent high-level tactical instructions that the drone’s onboard autonomy software interpreted and executed.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
  • There's no one character who came up with the idea and executed it … the existence of AI today comes down to many papers, many individual discoveries, and a whole lot of obsession.
    — Cooper Katz McKim, NPR, 16 Oct. 2026
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