liquidate

Meanings

• get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
  • "The mafia liquidated the informer"
• eliminate by paying off (debts)
• convert into cash
  • "I had to liquidate my holdings to pay off my ex-husband"
• settle the affairs of by determining the debts and applying the assets to pay them off
  • "liquidate a company"

Synonyms

do in, knock off, neutralise, neutralize, pay off, waste