About The Word Neutralize
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Neutralize
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What's The Definition Of Neutralize?
[v] make chemically neutral; "She neutralized the solution"
[v] make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of; "Her optimism neutralizes his gloom"; "This action will negate the effect of my efforts" [v] make incapable of military action [v] make politically neutral and thus inoffensive [v] oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions; "This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues" Synonyms | Synonyms for Neutralize: counteract | counterbalance | countervail | negate | neutralise | neutralise | nullify Related Terms | Find terms related to Neutralize: 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 See Also | alter | alter | cancel | change | change | co-opt | demilitarise | demilitarize | offset | override | set off | weaken Neutralize In Webster's Dictionary \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.
So here I am neutralized again. --Sir W.
Scott.
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.
3. To destroy the peculiar or opposite dispositions of; to
reduce to a state of indifference inefficience; to
counteract; as, to neutralize parties in government; to
neutralize efforts, opposition, etc.
Counter citations that neutralize each other. --E.
Everett.
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