garrotte vs liquidate

garrotte

verb
  • To execute by strangulation. 

  • To suddenly render insensible by semi-strangulation, and then to rob. 

noun
  • A cord, wire or similar used for strangulation. 

  • An iron collar formerly used in Spain to execute people by strangulation. 

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. 

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