LIQUIDATED Synonyms: 155 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in repaid

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liquidated

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verb

past tense of liquidate

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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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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repudiated

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The rally was fueled partly by a short squeeze, with more than $4 billion in bearish crypto positions liquidated as prices rose. — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 25 Aug. 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 By Friday, more than $4 billion in bearish crypto positions had been liquidated during the rally, according to CoinGlass, which tracks cryptocurrency derivatives markets. — Michelle Chapman, Fortune, 23 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

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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

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In 1979, the United States became the first country to declare polio eradicated following years of mass vaccinations; in subsequent decades, many other countries reported similar results.

— Eli Cahan, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026
Now, there is a constant obsession over energy levels and management that has eradicated the previous ‘flat out’ approach to racing.

— Luke Smith, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026

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Among them is the son of Fred Hampton, a senior leader of the Black Panther Party who was assassinated by the FBI in 1969, at the age of 21.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 22 Aug. 2026
Congress named the performing arts center as a living memorial to Kennedy in 1964, the year after he was assassinated.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of assassinated

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The child’s right to know her own identity and history should be guaranteed, but for adoptees under these circumstances or trafficking victims, that right is erased.

— Ashoka, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Sam Howell threw two fourth-quarter touchdown passes and had a tying 2-point conversion run for the Cowboys (2-1), who erased a 15-point deficit but missed out on their first undefeated preseason in 20 years.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026

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Curry is largely there for comic relief, swanning in with a bevy of beauties, challenging Bosley (Bill Murray) to a sumo match, and, sadly, getting murdered by the pool, thus depriving us of Curry’s magnetic presence for the rest of the film.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2026
London, who was married to hip hop legend Nipsey Hussle, would come together with Snoop again to honor Nipsey after he was murdered in 2019.

— Justin Kroll, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of murdered

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Alabama has since abolished judicial override, the practice that allowed judges to order the state to kill a person even though a jury of one’s peers requested otherwise.

— Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
Japan has faced growing criticism over its use of the death penalty, as a majority of the international community has abolished capital punishment.

— CBS News, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of abolished

Verb

According to the United Nations, executions have surged over the last six months, with at least 56 people executed on national security charges since mid-March — including 27 linked to protests earlier this year.

— Greg Myre, NPR, 28 Aug. 2026
Code executed during that interruption altered the prediction machinery before the processor could use it.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026

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