Synonyms for liquidation
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Noun
1. Killing — the action or process of abolishing or eliminating; the murder of dehumanized victims
Other
settlement, payment, elimination, extermination, discharge, defrayment
Definitions
- n. 1
The action or process of abolishing or eliminating; the murder of dehumanized victims.
Near-synonyms: devitalization, fatality; see also Thesaurus:death, Thesaurus:killing
Related words
- Word family
- liquid liquidate liquidator liquidity liquidizer liquor
Forms
- Plural
- liquidations → deaths, killings, fatalities, settlements…
Example sentences
- fatality Life has a 100% fatality rate.
- payment Please use the information below for your payment.
- extermination Jews and Roma were the only two groups targeted for extermination by the Nazis.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| liquidation | falling | |
| fatality | steady | |
| devitalization | steady | |
| payment | falling | |
| extermination | steady | |
| defrayment | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- death1
- 7 letters
- killing2, payment2
- 8 letters
- fatality4
- 9 letters
- discharge2
- 10 letters
- settlement3, defrayment
- 11 letters
- elimination5
- 13 letters
- extermination5
- 14 letters
- devitalization, devitalisation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (killing2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- liquidation
- Italiano
- liquidazione
- Español
- liquidación
- Deutsch
- Liquidation