'Neutralize' definitions:
Definition of 'neutralize'
(from WordNet)
verb
Make politically neutral and thus inoffensive; "The treaty neutralized the small republic"
verb
Make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of; "Her optimism neutralizes his gloom"; "This action will negate the effect of my efforts" [syn: neutralize, neutralise, nullify, negate]
verb
Oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions; "This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues" [syn: counteract, countervail, neutralize, counterbalance]
verb
Get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized" [syn: neutralize, neutralise, liquidate, waste, knock off, do in]
verb
Make incapable of military action [syn: neutralize, neutralise]
verb
Make chemically neutral; "She neutralized the solution" [syn: neutralize, neutralise]
Definition of 'Neutralize'
From: GCIDE
- Neutralize \Neu"tral*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Neutralized; p. pr. & vb. n. Neutralizing.] [Cf. F. neutraliser.]
- 1. To render neutral; to reduce to a state of neutrality. [1913 Webster]
- So here I am neutralized again. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Chem.) To render inert or imperceptible the peculiar affinities of, as a chemical substance; to destroy the effect of; as, to neutralize an acid with a base. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To destroy the peculiar properties or opposite dispositions of; to reduce to a state of indifference or inefficiency; to counteract; to render ineffective; as, to neutralize parties in government; to neutralize efforts, opposition, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Counter citations that neutralize each other. --E. Everett. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'neutralize'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abrogate,
- absorb the shock,
- annul,
- balance,
- break the fall,
- bring to nothing,
- buffer,
- cancel,
- cancel out,
- come to nothing,
- compensate,
- compensate for,
- conquer,
- counteract,
- counterbalance,
- countercheck,
- counterpoise,
- countervail,
- cushion,
- damp,
- dampen,
- deaden,
- defeat,
- delete,
- equalize,
- even,
- frustrate,
- invalidate,
- make up for,
- negate,
- negativate,
- negative,
- nullify,
- offset,
- overcome,
- override,
- overrule,
- redress,
- show consideration,
- show mercy,
- show pity,
- soften,
- soften the blow,
- square,
- stultify,
- subdue,
- suppress,
- thwart,
- undo,
- vitiate,
- void
Words containing 'Neutralize'
- Neutral,
- Neutrality,
- Neutralization,
- Neutralized,
- Neutralizer,
- Neutralizing,
- Neutrally,
- neutralism,
- Armed neutrality,
- Neutral axis,
- Neutral equilibrium,
- Neutral salt,
- Neutral surface,
- Neutral tint,
- Neutral vowel,
- Neutral zone,
- idiom neutral,
- impersonal neutral,
- neutral spirits,
- neutralization fire,
- neutralization reaction,
- neutral-colored,
- neutral-coloured