liquidate

To pay off (a debt, claim, or obligation); settle.

To settle the affairs of (a business firm, for example) by determining the liabilities and applying the assets to their discharge.

To convert (assets) into cash.

To eliminate, especially by killing.

To settle a debt, claim, or obligation.

To settle the affairs of a business or estate by disposing of its assets and liabilities.

To make clear or plain; clarify; free from obscurity.

To clear up; reduce to order or precision; settle the particulars of; adjust: as, to liquidate the affairs of a bankrupt firm. See liquidation.

To clear off; settle; pay: as, to liquidate a debt or a mortgage.