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  • noun Plural form of liquidator.

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Examples

  • Workers like Okawa - in Chernobyl they were called "liquidators" - have restored the plant's supply of electricity, set up elaborate cooling and drainage systems, rebuilt crumbled walls and erected a huge tent to cover one of the worst-hit reactors, cutting the amount of radioactivity leaking into the surrounding environment.

    Breaking News: CBS News 2011

  • More than 25,000 people known as "liquidators" -- most of them Ukrainians, Russians and Belarussians -- died after getting the accident under control and constructing a concrete shield over the wreckage, according to Ukrainian official figures.

    Yahoo! News: Latest news headlines News Headlines | Top Stories 2010

  • The "liquidators" -- men who took part in cleaning the site after the catastrophe -- in their turn wound a long fir-tree wreath around the monument, many unable to keep back tears.

    Channel NewsAsia Front Page News 2009

  • The "liquidators" - men who took part in cleaning the site after the catastrophe - in their turn wound a long fir-tree wreath around the monument, many unable to keep back tears.

    Taipei Times 2009

  • Over 25,000 people known as "liquidators" -- most of them Ukrainians, Russians and Belarussians -- died getting the accident under control and constructing a concrete shield over the wreckage, according to Ukrainian official figures.

    Channel NewsAsia Front Page News 2009

  • The "liquidators" -- men who took part in cleaning the site after the catastrophe -- in their turn wound a long fir-tree wreath around the monument, many unable to keep back tears.

    The Himalayan Times RSS 2009

  • Over 25,000 people known as "liquidators" -- most of them Ukrainians, Russians and Belarussians -- died getting the accident under control and constructing a concrete shield over the wreckage, according to Ukrainian official figures.

    Yahoo! News: Latest news headlines News Headlines | Top Stories 2009

  • Over 25,000 people known as "liquidators" -- most of them Ukrainians, Russians and Belarussians -- died getting the accident under control and constructing a concrete shield over the wreckage, according to Ukrainian official figures.

    The Himalayan Times RSS 2009

  • The "liquidators" -- men who took part in cleaning the site after the catastrophe -- in their turn wound a long fir-tree wreath around the monument, many unable to keep back tears.

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  • The studio will ask a Hong Kong court to name liquidators, the statement issued Monday said.

    China Post Online - Taiwan , News , Taiwan newspaper 2010

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