Timeline for "liquidate" in metaphorical sense
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| Apr 22, 2019 at 9:42 | comment | added | Tim Lymington | @Antinatalist: you can always edit to improve posts, including mine. But linking to the subscription-only OED is not very helpful on this site and I personally don't have much time for wiktionary. | |
| Apr 22, 2019 at 6:09 | comment | added | user50720 | Care to add en.wiktionary.org/wiki/liquidate and www.oed.com/view/Entry/108917 to your answer? | |
| Aug 16, 2012 at 22:36 | comment | added | MetaEd | According to OEtmD, the origin in the Soviet euphemism is uncertain, but more importantly applies strictly to the sense "wipe out; kill". So that's a source you could link to the answer. | |
| Aug 16, 2012 at 22:17 | comment | added | Andrew Leach♦ | ODO references the Russian likvidirovatʹ | |
| Aug 16, 2012 at 22:06 | review | Low quality posts | |||
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| Aug 16, 2012 at 22:02 | history | answered | Tim Lymington | CC BY-SA 3.0 |