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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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Recent Examples of liquidated
Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 9 Jan. 2026
Firefly Aerospace has had a rocky run since its inception as Firefly Space Systems, declaring bankruptcy and being liquidated in 2017.
—Paul Flahive, Austin American Statesman, 9 Jan. 2026
Lord & Taylor shut all its stores in 2019 after HBC sold the weakened retailer, and Hudson’s Bay in Canada liquidated last year, ending its 355-year run.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2026
The distillery was acquired by liquor firm Blackstar, run by an ex-Buffalo Trace employee, only to see its entire staff laid off and all of its assets being liquidated.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 30 Dec. 2025
There are technical reasons for the slump, most notably an extreme buildup of leveraged positions — speculative bets that can turbocharge gains but come with extreme downside risks — that were liquidated in an early October flash crash.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 18 Dec. 2025
There are still many unknowns about how the refund process will take shape should the tariffs be invalidated, Oleynik said—especially if some tariffs have already been liquidated and others have not.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 18 Dec. 2025
The car, now held in federal custody, could be liquidated at auction pending a legal forfeiture process if Wedding or his associates are convicted.
—Matt Cannon, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
Violating Wisconsin’s one-party consent law can result in civil penalties, including actual or liquidated damages of at least $1,000, punitive damages and reimbursement for the victim’s attorney fees and litigation costs, according to state law.
—Gina Lee Castro, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
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Following bankruptcy, the chain liquidated stores, leases and intellectual property before five stores reopened in the state.
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Spider mites create webs and can be eradicated with miticide spray.—
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Just last week, a professor who taught at Harvard for 40 years slammed the school for its ideological homogeneity after finishing his last semester, saying that graduate programs were denying White male applicants on racial grounds and that Western civilization courses were being eradicated.—
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Mexican journalist Mauricio Cruz Solís was assassinated shortly after interviewing Manzo in October 2024.—
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His original, undoctored manuscript even suggests that James might have plotted to have Elizabeth assassinated.—
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Extending mortgages to 50 years would increase total interest paid and slow the buildup of home equity, potentially trapping borrowers in debt for a lifetime.—
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David Letterman, who in 2002 hosted Warren Zevon‘s final television appearance before his death, paid tribute to his friend Saturday night with a lengthy induction speech at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame that lasted several times as long as the musical salute by the Killers that followed.—
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What counts as a cleared sidewalk?—
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Gary Simmons’ Rush, housed at the Cookie Factory in Denver, is an immersive meditation on movement, memory, and what gets erased in the recording of American history.—
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Photograph by Stuart Palley I’m writing on the eve of the anniversary of the fires that flattened my Pacific Palisades neighborhood, all but erased the community of Altadena, and left unhealed scars across Los Angeles.—
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In 2017, for instance, prosecutors in Contra Costa overcame an insanity defense by William Shultz, who murdered a 9-year-old Discovery Bay boy during a sleepover and blamed it on a delusion about an impending World War III.—
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Three women are murdered in Dahlonega, Georgia, and the six episodes are all about the search for the culprit.—
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Quotas related to race and national origin were abolished.—
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In 2020, the Florida Supreme Court also abolished proportionality review, which for 50 years allowed judges to probe the circumstances of death cases to protect defendants from the random imposition of the death penalty.—
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McKee said police also executed search warrants before the couple was arrested.—
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Now, Braddy's case is back in court, with a jury once again weighing whether he should be executed.—
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“Liquidated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liquidated. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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