neutralize
verb
1 neutralize
Make politically neutral and thus inoffensive.
2 neutralize
Make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of:
— Her optimism neutralizes his gloom.
synonyms: negate, neutralise, nullify.
Dutch: neutraliseren
3 neutralize
Oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions.
synonyms: counteract, counterbalance, countervail.
Roget 179: counteract; run counter, clash, cross; interfere with, conflict with; contravene; jostle; go against, run against, beat against, militate against; stultify; ... show more
Roget 30: make compensation; compensate, compense†; indemnify; counteract, countervail, counterpoise; balance; outbalance†, overbalance, counterbalance; set off; hedge, square, ... show more
Dutch: neutraliseren, opvangen
4 neutralize
Get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing:
— The double agent was neutralized.
synonyms: do in, knock off, liquidate, neutralise, waste.
5 neutralize
Make incapable of military action.
synonym: neutralise.
6 neutralize
Make chemically neutral:
— She neutralized the solution.
synonym: neutralise.
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 ... show more.
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