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liquidateliq‧ui‧date /ˈlɪkwədeɪt/ verb liquidateOrigin: 1500-1600 Late Latin past participle of liquidare ‘to melt’, from Latin liquidus; ➔ LIQUID2 VERB TABLEliquidate |
Present | I, you, we, they | liquidate | | he, she, it | liquidates | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | liquidated | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have liquidated | | he, she, it | has liquidated | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had liquidated | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will liquidate | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have liquidated |
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Present | I | am liquidating | | he, she, it | is liquidating | | you, we, they | are liquidating | Past | I, he, she, it | was liquidating | | you, we, they | were liquidating | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been liquidating | | he, she, it | has been liquidating | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been liquidating | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be liquidating | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been liquidating |
- As soon as he has been liquidated, another of the Seven, Philip, takes over.
- He liquidated all his material stocks and bought everything spot, paying in ninety-day bills, if possible.
- If the firm gets into difficulty, its bankers become intimately involved in restructuring or liquidating the firm.
- On paper, liquidate everything you have -- house, car, gadgets, investments.
- One would liquidate itself over time by paying claims, much of it to cover pollution and asbestos exposures.
- Some frustrated ranchers, having liquidated their entire herds, will not be re-entering the market for at least 18 months.
- The following day, when the price difference had widened to £2125, Harry liquidated his intracommodity spread.
- Thousands, branded parasitical intellectuals merely because they spoke a foreign language or wore spectacles, were systematically liquidated.
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