Neutralize

Quick meaning: Neutralize is a verb meaning (transitive) To make (something) even, inactive or ineffective.

Meaning

(transitive) To make (something) even, inactive or ineffective.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To make (a territory, etc.) politically neutral.
2. (transitive, chemistry) To make (an acidic or alkaline substance) chemically neutral.
3. (transitive, military, euphemistic) To kill.

Example Sentences

The antidote neutralised the toxin.

“We managed to neutralise the guilty person. So there was no longer any imminent threat,” De Croo said, […]

At the beginning of the opening game, Shepard becomes the first human Spectre, an elite operative given broad authority to neutralize threats to galactic order in the galaxy.

All the powers involved are committed not only to stay out of a given territory, but also to reenter it if any one of them violates the independence of the neutralized country.

Word Forms

• neutralizes
• neutralizing
• neutralized
• neutralise

Synonyms for neutralize

Depending on context, synonyms include counteract, counterweigh, nullify, counterbalance, countervail.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include nullify, counteract, counterbalance, countervail, neutralisation, neutralization.

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