liquidate
The origin and history of liquidate.
Etymology
From Late Latin liquidatus ("made clear, liquid") plus the verb-forming suffix -ate. The "kill" sense entered English as a borrowed meaning from Russian likvidirovat.
The origin and history of liquidate.
From Late Latin liquidatus ("made clear, liquid") plus the verb-forming suffix -ate. The "kill" sense entered English as a borrowed meaning from Russian likvidirovat.
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