把價值化成現金
這一組最貼近核心畫面：東西本身不會動，賣掉之後價值才流得起來。
verb · C1
To sell something you own, such as shares, savings or property, so that you have the cash instead.
變現；把資產賣掉換現金
核心畫面
One picture can hold most of this word: something solid is turned back into something that flows. A shop full of ovens and shelves, a flat, a pile of shares — all of that value is stuck inside objects and cannot move. Sell them and the value becomes cash, which moves anywhere and settles anything. The same motion explains the darker use: whatever is standing in the way is until nothing solid is left of it.
這個字可以想成一個畫面：本來硬梆梆的東西，被化回會流動的狀態。一間店裡的烤箱和架子、一間房子、一疊股票，價值全都卡在…更多收起
這個字可以想成一個畫面：本來硬梆梆的東西，被化回會流動的狀態。一間店裡的烤箱和架子、一間房子、一疊股票，價值全都卡在物件裡面，動不了。賣掉之後，價值變成現金，現金流得動，也結得了帳。同一個動作也解釋了它比較黑暗的用法：擋路的東西被化掉，化到什麼都不剩。From the word’s history
Wiktionary traces liquidate to Late Latin liquidatus, from liquido (to melt, to make clear) and liquidus (fluid, clear). Both threads survive: turning things into cash, and settling accounts until they are clear.
根據 Wiktionary，liquidate 來自晚期拉丁文 liquidātus，源頭是 liquidō（融化、弄清楚）和 liquidus（流動的、清澈的）。兩條線索今天都還在：一條是把東西化成現金，一條是把帳目結到清清楚楚。
Wiktionary 'liquidate' etymology, supplied verbatim in this evidence packet (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1186387100)
Two branches
把擋路的清掉
同樣是「化掉某個原本固定存在的東西」，只是這次被化掉的不是資產，而是人或制度。這是一個幫助記憶的連結，不是在說歷史上先有哪一個。
verb · C1
To kill someone, or to get rid of something completely, because that person or thing is seen as a problem that must be removed.
剷除；把人或東西清掉