Liquidated - English meaning

verb

Murder (an important person) for political or religious reasons.

Usage examples:

The organization's leader had been assassinated four months before the coup

verb

To murder a famous or important person, esp. for political reasons or in exchange for money

Usage examples:

President kennedy was assassinated in dallas, texas, in 1963., the assassination of john lennon

phrasal verb

Break or cause to break into pieces

phrasal verb

(of a telephone conversation) to become impossible to understand because the connection is not strong enough

Usage examples:

He was on the subway when he called and started to break up before i could answer., the company has…

phrasal verb

To divide, or to divide something, into smaller parts

Usage examples:

The company has been broken up and sold off., manufacturing ceased at the factory when the original…

noun

A person whose trade is cutting up and selling meat in a shop.

Usage examples:

Markets often have butchers or cooked meat shops that specialize in the head and trotters, that is,…

verb

Slaughter or cut up (an animal) for food.

Usage examples:

A ban on butchering downer cows - animals that stagger, can't walk, or exhibit other signs of bse-w…

adjective

Having an appearance or other qualities of a type traditionally seen as masculine.

Usage examples:

A butch woman in a baseball cap

verb

(with reference to an organized group) break up or cause to break up.

Usage examples:

The unit was scheduled to disband

verb

(of a group) to stop existing, or to cause a group to stop existing

Usage examples:

[ t ] the managers planned to disband the team.

verb

To stop existing as a group or organization, or to end a group or organization

Usage examples:

The international department was disbanded due to budget cuts.

verb

Send off to a destination or for a purpose.

Usage examples:

He dispatched messages back to base

noun

The sending of someone or something to a destination or for a purpose.

Usage examples:

A resolution authorizing the dispatch of a peacekeeping force

verb

To send someone or something to a place for a particular purpose

Usage examples:

Within seconds the university police can identify the exact origin of the alarm and dispatch office…

verb

(with reference to a solid) become or cause to become incorporated into a liquid so as to form a solution.

Usage examples:

Glucose dissolves easily in water

noun

An act or instance of moving gradually from one image or scene in a film to another.

Usage examples:

The alternatives to a cut are fades or dissolves

verb

To be absorbed or to cause a solid to be absorbed by a liquid, or of a liquid to absorb a solid

Usage examples:

[ t ] dissolve two teaspoons of yeast in warm water., [ t ] they decided to dissolve the partnership.

verb

Completely remove or get rid of (something).

Usage examples:

A policy that would eliminate inflation

verb

To remove or take away something

Usage examples:

You can never totally eliminate the possibility of human error., arts programs face elimination in …

verb

To completely remove something that is not wanted or needed

Usage examples:

The problem we confront today is there is no one thing that can eliminate our dependency on petrole…

verb

Put (a plan, order, or course of action) into effect.

Usage examples:

The corporation executed a series of financial deals

verb

To do or perform something planned

Usage examples:

Now that we have approval, we can go ahead and execute the plan.

verb

To do or perform something in a planned way

Usage examples:

Local authority officials will check that the work is being executed according to the plans submitt…

verb

Cause the death of (a person, animal, or other living thing).

Usage examples:

Her father was killed in a car crash

noun

An act of killing, especially of one animal by another.

Usage examples:

A lion has made a kill

noun

(in place names, especially in new york, new jersey, and pennsylvania) a stream, creek, or tributary.

Usage examples:

Kill van kull

noun

An indiscriminate and brutal slaughter of many people.

Usage examples:

The attack was described as a cold-blooded massacre

verb

Deliberately and brutally kill (many people).

Usage examples:

Thousands were brutally massacred by soldiers

noun

The killing of a large number of people, esp. people who are not involved in any fighting or have no way of defending themselves

Usage examples:

Guerrilla troops are thought to have massacred the entire village.

noun

The unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another.

Usage examples:

The brutal murder of a german holidaymaker

verb

Kill (someone) unlawfully and with premeditation.

Usage examples:

He was accused of murdering his wife's lover

verb

Unlawful premeditated killing of a human being

verb

Kill (animals) for food.

Usage examples:

At present the abattoir is slaughtering animals for the domestic market

noun

The killing of animals for food.

Usage examples:

Thousands of calves were exported to the continent for slaughter

noun

The killing of animals for their meat, or the killing of large numbers of animals in a cruel manner

Usage examples:

We must find ways of reducing the slaughter on the highways (= deaths of many people in car acciden…

verb

Bring to an end.

Usage examples:

He was advised to terminate the contract

verb

To end or stop, or to cause something to end or stop

Usage examples:

[ i ] trains that used to terminate in hoboken now run into new york., [ t ] it sounded like she wa…

verb

To end or to make something end

Usage examples:

The takeover talks terminated without agreement., how do i terminate my subscription?, terminate a …