Synonyms for liquidation
ˌlɪk wɪˈdeɪ ʃənliq·ui·da·tion

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1. liquidation, settlementnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   village, colonization, closure, settlement, resolution, small town, extermination, colonisation, elimination, colony

2. extermination, liquidationnoun

   the act of exterminating

   Synonyms:
   extermination, settlement, elimination, extinction

3. elimination, liquidationnoun

   the murder of a competitor

   Synonyms:
   reasoning by elimination, excretion, riddance, excreting, settlement, extermination, elimination, voiding, evacuation

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1. • Destruction
   • Murder
   • Termination

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1. liquidationnoun

   Synonyms:
   settlement, discharge, adjustment, payment

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1. List of paraphrases for "liquidation":

   winding-up, wind-up, settlement, selloff, clearance, disposition, clearing, disposal, windings-up, pun, dissolution, liquidated, sell-off

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1. Simon Redmond:

   It is mostly just to recognise the risk that there is a haircut in a fire sale scenario, in a speedy liquidation. It is fairly standard to assume some kind of a haircut.

2. Elio Pace:

   That was quite extraordinary, to be in a position to have to perform to people, with them knowing the cruise line has gone into liquidation, this was a shock to everybody when we got the announcement on Wednesday.

3. Reshmi Basu:

   I was surprised it wasn't liquidated the time before, history shows a [ second bankruptcy ] for a retailer almost always ends up in liquidation. I don't know what levers it can pull in bankruptcy, given the assets that have been stripped out.

4. James Giddens:

   This result, in the largest broker-dealer insolvency in history, could not have been anticipated in the dark days of the financial crisis when this liquidation began.

5. George Bernard Shaw:

   We should all be obliged to appear before a board every five years and justify our existence...on pain of liquidation.