Neutralize

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  • transitive verb. To make neutral.
  • transitive verb. To counterbalance or counteract the effect of; render ineffective.
  • transitive verb. To declare neutral and therefore inviolable during a war.
  • transitive verb. undefined
  • transitive verb. To make (a solution) neutral.
  • transitive verb. To cause (an acid or base) to undergo neutralization.
  • transitive verb. To counteract the effect of (a drug or toxin).
  • transitive verb. To remove as a threat, especially by killing.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In motor-racing, to give a neutral character to (a town or to a specified part of a road), that is, to arrange that the time used in passing through or over it is not to be counted in the race.
  • To render neutral; reduce to a state of neutrality between different parties Or opinions.
  • In chem., to destroy or render inert or imperceptible the peculiar properties of, by chemical combination. See neutralization, 1.
  • To render inoperative; invalidate; nullify; counterbalance: as, to neutralize opposition.
  • Also spelled neutralise.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To render neutral; to reduce to a state of neutrality.
  • transitive verb. To render inert or imperceptible the peculiar affinities of, as a chemical substance; to destroy the effect of.
  • transitive verb. To destroy the peculiar properties or opposite dispositions of; to reduce to a state of indifference or inefficiency; to counteract; to render ineffective
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. Alternative spelling of neutralise.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
  • verb. make politically neutral and thus inoffensive
  • verb. make chemically neutral
  • verb. make incapable of military action
  • verb. make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of
  • verb. oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions
  • Word Usage
    "The freedom of the press should be thus far restricted; so that when a man publicly proclaims through the far-sounding trumpet of the newspaper, he should be answerable for it, at any rate with his honor, if he has any; and if he has none, let his name neutralize the effect of his words."
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