neutralize, neutralise, liquidate, waste, knock off, do in -- (get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized")
liquidate, pay off -- (eliminate by paying off (debts))
liquidate -- (convert into cash; "I had to liquidate my holdings to pay off my ex-husband")
liquidate -- (settle the affairs of by determining the debts and applying the assets to pay them off; "liquidate a company")