liquidate-v; 4 Senses

Sense Number 1: put an end to

Examples:
That's how the unions liquidated the strike.
Ukrainian law enforcement liquidated the human trafficking channel.
The regime had closed the Belarusan schools and liquidated the mass media in Belarusan language.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: liquidate.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4

Sense Number 2: turn fixed assets into cash

Commentary:
NOTE: Assets that are easily sold or exchanged are considered "liquid". The most liquid asset of all is cash. So almost any asset can be "liquidated", including an entire company.

Examples:
Caltech liquidated the stock, divesting its ownership in Prudential.
He successfully liquidated the corporate assets while the company was in bankruptcy.
For depositors of co-operative banks that were liquidated, the wait for their deposits seems indefinite.
Bankrupt LaNature's, Inc. will be liquidated and its assets sold to pay more than $700 million in debt.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: liquidate.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3

Sense Number 3: nullify, pay off (debt)

Examples:
The state of cardiovascular system in the helicopter pilots liquidated
the accident consequences in the Chernobyl atomic power station.
Once the balance is liquidated, the master record date will not reflect the debt.
This debt, through the liberality of friends in India, was, however, soon liquidated.
When liquidated, the total account balance is tax-free.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: liquidate.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 4: kill

Examples:
The mafia liquidated the informer.
A doctor liquidated him by injection.
In July, 1942 the Nazis liquidated the ghettos of Zmigrod and Frysztak.

Mappings:
VerbNet: murder-42.1
FrameNet: Killing
PropBank: liquidate.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1