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Liquidate

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wastenounExcess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
knock offverb(ambitransitive, slang) To halt one's work or other activity.
pay offverb(transitive) To pay back; to repay.
do inverb(transitive, colloquial) To kill or end; to defeat.

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pay offverb(transitive) To pay back; to repay.
do inverb(transitive, colloquial) To kill or end; to defeat.
wasteverb(transitive) To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly; to dissipate.
knock offverb(ambitransitive, slang) To halt one's work or other activity.
payverb(ambitransitive) To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services.
sellverb(transitive, ditransitive, intransitive) To transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money.
reimburseverbTo compensate with payment; especially, to repay money spent on one's behalf.
repayverbSynonym of pay back in all senses.
cashverb(uncountable) Money in the form of notes or bills and coins, as opposed to checks, credit or electronic transactions.
settleverbTo conclude or resolve (something):
resolveverb(intransitive) To make a firm decision to do something. To become determined to reach a certain goal or take a certain action.
satisfyverb(transitive) To meet the needs of, to fulfill the wishes or requirements of (someone).
wind-upnounThe end or conclusion of something.
closeverb(physical) To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through.
disposeverb(intransitive, with of) To eliminate or to get rid of something.
terminateverb(transitive) To end something, especially when left in an incomplete state.
decommissionverbTo take out of service or to render unusable.
dissolveverb(transitive) To liquify, melt into a fluid.
overthrowverb(transitive) To bring about the downfall of (a government, etc.), especially by force; to usurp.
disbandverb(ambitransitive) To break up or (cause to) cease to exist; to disperse.

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