Definition of "liquidators" []

• Plural form of liquidator. (noun)

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• "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."
• "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."
• "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."