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liquidation - 10 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | liquidation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | elimination |
| Synonyms: | clearance, cut, destruction, discard, displacement, ejection, eradication, exclusion, expulsion, extermination, omission, purge, rejection, removal, riddance, withdrawal, dropping, taking away, weeding out |
| Main Entry: | liquidation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | annihilation |
| Synonyms: | abolition, bane, carnage, crashing, downfall, elimination, end, eradication, extermination, extinction, extinguishment, extirpation, havoc, invalidation, loss, massacre, murder, obliteration, overthrow, ruin, ruination, slaughter, subversion, undoing, wreckage, wrecking, abolishing, assassinating, crushing, disintegrating, disrupting, dissolving, extinguishing, invalidating, ravaging, sacking, shattering, slaying, subjugation, subverting |
| Main Entry: | bankruptcy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inability to pay debts |
| Synonyms: | Chapter 11*, default, destitution, disaster, exhaustion, failure, indebtedness, indigence, lack, loss, nonpayment, privation, repudiation, ruin, defalcation, destituteness, insolvency, liquidation, overdraft, pauperism, ruination |
| Antonyms: | richness, solvency, wealth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | carnage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | massacre |
| Synonyms: | blitz, blood, bloodshed, crime, gore, havoc, holocaust, homicide, killing, manslaughter, mass murder, murder, rapine, shambles, slaughter, warfare, annihilation, blood and guts, blood bath, butchering, butchery, extermination, hecatomb, liquidation, offing, search and destroy, slaying, taking out, wasting |
| Main Entry: | destruction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | demolition, devastation |
| Synonyms: | abolition, bane, carnage, downfall, elimination, end, eradication, extinction, extirpation, havoc, loss, massacre, murder, overthrow, ruin, slaughter, subversion, undoing, wreckage, wrecking, abolishing, annihilation, assassinating, crashing, crushing, disintegrating, disrupting, dissolving, extermination, extinguishing, invalidating, invalidation, liquidation, ravaging, ruination, sacking, shattering, slaying, subjugation, subverting |
| Antonyms: | building, construction, creation, improvement, reparation, restoration |
| Main Entry: | murder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | killing |
| Synonyms: | blood, bloodshed, carnage, crime, death, destruction, felony, foul play*, hit*, homicide, lynching, manslaughter, massacre, off*, rub out*, shooting, annihilation, assassination, butchery, dispatching, knifing, liquidation, offing, one-way ticket, slaying, taking out, terrorism, the business, the works |
| Notes: | the general term for the killing of a person by another is homicide; murder is either the intentional killing or malicious killing of another; manslaughter is the unintentional, accidental killing of another through carelessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | purge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | elimination, removal |
| Synonyms: | abolition, catharsis, clarification, cleaning, coup, disposal, disposition, ejection, eradication, evacuation, excretion, expulsion, extirpation, murder, purification, reign of terror*, suppression, witch hunt, abstersion, cleanup, crushing, expurgation, extermination, liquidation |
| Antonyms: | keeping, maintenance, holding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | slaughter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | killing |
| Synonyms: | bloodbath, bloodshed, carnage, destruction, massacre, murder, annihilation, butchery, extermination, liquidation, slaying |
| Antonyms: | birth |
| Main Entry: | settlement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decision, conclusion |
| Synonyms: | adjustment, agreement, arrangement, clearance, compact, compensation, completion, conclusion, confirmation, contract, covenant, deal, determination, discharge, disposition, establishment, happy medium*, pay, payment, payoff, quietus, reimbursement, remuneration, resolution, satisfaction, showdown, termination, defrayal, liquidation, trade-off, working out |
| Antonyms: | confusion, indecision |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | discharge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | payment of debt |
| Synonyms: | acquittal, disbursement, satisfaction, settlement, liquidation |
| Antonyms: | indebtedness, owing |
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