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