eliminate vs liquidate

eliminate

verb
  • To kill (a person or animal). 

  • To exclude (from investigation or from further competition). 

  • To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to. 

  • To record amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of inter-company transactions. 

  • To excrete (waste products). 

liquidate

verb
  • To kill. 

  • To do away with. 

  • To settle (a debt) by paying the outstanding amount. 

  • To settle the affairs of (a company), by using its assets to pay its debts. 

  • To convert (assets) into cash; to redeem. 

  • To determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness); to make the amount of (a debt) clear and certain. 

How often have the words eliminate and liquidate occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )