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Liquidate

To determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness); or, where there is an indebtedness to more than one person, to determine the precise amount of (each indebtedness); to make the amount of (an indebtedness) clear and certain.

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Manner of action 3

Amortise 76% connected

Alt. of Amortisement

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Amortize 76% connected

To make as if dead; to destroy.

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Lift 76% connected

The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.

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Broader term 4

Cash 76% connected

A place where money is kept, or where it is deposited and paid out; a money box.

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Kill 76% connected

A kiln.

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Pay 76% connected

To cover, as bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc., with tar or pitch, or waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.

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Settle 76% connected

A seat of any kind.

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Liquidation 74% connected

The act or process of liquidating; the state of being liquidated.

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Liquidation 74% connected

The act or process of liquidating; the state of being liquidated.

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Murderer 74% connected

One guilty of murder; a person who, in possession of his reason, unlawfully kills a human being with premeditated malice.

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Murderer 74% connected

One guilty of murder; a person who, in possession of his reason, unlawfully kills a human being with premeditated malice.

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Neutralize 92% connected

To render neutral; to reduce to a state of neutrality.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Waste 92% connected

Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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