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neu·tral·ize N0073900 (no͞o′trə-līz′, nyo͞o′-)tr.v. neu·tral·ized, neu·tral·iz·ing, neu·tral·iz·es 1. To make neutral.2. To counterbalance or counteract the effect of; render ineffective.3. To declare neutral and therefore inviolable during a war.4. Chemistry a. To make (a solution) neutral.b. To cause (an acid or base) to undergo neutralization.5. Medicine To counteract the effect of (a drug or toxin).6. Slang To remove as a threat, especially by killing. neu′tral·iz′er n.neutralize (ˈnjuːtrəˌlaɪz) or neutralisevb (mainly tr) 1. (also intr) to render or become ineffective or neutral by counteracting, mixing, etc; nullify2. (General Physics) (also intr) to make or become electrically or chemically neutral3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) to exclude (a country) from the sphere of warfare or alliances by international agreement: the great powers neutralized Belgium in the 19th century. 4. (Military) to render (an army) incapable of further military action ˌneutraliˈzation, ˌneutraliˈsation n ˈneutralˌizer, ˈneutralˌiser nneu•tral•ize (ˈnu trəˌlaɪz, ˈnyu-) v. -ized, -iz•ing. v.t. 1. to make neutral. 2. to make (something) ineffective; counteract; nullify. 3. to declare neutral and exempt from involvement in war. 4. to make (a solution) chemically neutral. 5. to render electrically or magnetically neutral. 6. Ling. to cause to lose the feature that normally differentiates a pair of phonemes. v.i. 7. to become neutral or neutralized. [1655–65] neu′tral•iz`er, n. neu`tral•i•za′tion, n. neu·tral·ize (no͞o′trə-līz′) To cause to be neither acid nor alkaline: neutralize a solution.neutralize1. As pertains to military operations, to render ineffective or unusable. 2. To render enemy personnel or material incapable of interfering with a particular operation. 3. To render safe mines, bombs, missiles, and boobytraps. 4. To make harmless anything contaminated with a chemical agent.neutralize Past participle: neutralized Gerund: neutralizing
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I neutralized | you neutralized | he/she/it neutralized | we neutralized | you neutralized | they neutralized |
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I am neutralizing | you are neutralizing | he/she/it is neutralizing | we are neutralizing | you are neutralizing | they are neutralizing |
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I was neutralizing | you were neutralizing | he/she/it was neutralizing | we were neutralizing | you were neutralizing | they were neutralizing |
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I would have neutralized | you would have neutralized | he/she/it would have neutralized | we would have neutralized | you would have neutralized | they would have neutralized | ThesaurusVerb | 1. | neutralize - make politically neutral and thus inoffensive; "The treaty neutralized the small republic"alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"co-opt - neutralize or win over through assimilation into an established group; "We co-opted the independent minority tribes by pulling them into the Northern Alliance" | | 2. | neutralize - make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of; "Her optimism neutralizes his gloom"; "This action will negate the effect of my efforts"neutralise, nullify, negateweaken - lessen the strength of; "The fever weakened his body" | | 3. | neutralize - oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions; "This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues"countervail, counteract, counterbalanceoverride - counteract the normal operation of (an automatic gear shift in a vehicle)cancel, offset, set off - make up for; "His skills offset his opponent's superior strength" | | 4. | neutralize - get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized"do in, knock off, liquidate, neutralise, wastekill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays" | | 5. | neutralize - make incapable of military actionneutralisedemilitarise, demilitarize - do away with the military organization and potential of | | 6. | neutralize - make chemically neutral; "She neutralized the solution"neutralisealter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
neutralizeverb counteract, cancel, offset, undo, compensate for, negate, invalidate, counterbalance, nullify antibodies that neutralize the toxic effects of soluble antigensneutralizeverb1. To make up for:balance, compensate, counterbalance, counterpoise, countervail, offset, outweigh, redeem, set off.2. To make ineffective by applying an opposite force or amount:cancel, counteract, negate, nullify.Translationsneutral (ˈnjuːtrəl) adjective1. not taking sides in a quarrel or war. A neutral country was asked to help settle the dispute. 中立的 中立的2. (of colour) not strong or definite. Grey is a neutral colour. 暗淡的,非彩色的 暗淡的,非彩色的 3. (in electricity) neither positively nor negatively charged. 中性的(電力,非正極或負極) 中性(不带电的) noun1. (a person belonging to) a nation that takes no part in a war or quarrel. 中立國,中立國公民 中立国,中立者 2. the position of the gear of an engine in which no power passes to the wheels etc. I put the car into neutral. 空檔 空档neuˈtrality (-ˈtrӕ-) noun the state of being neutral. 中立 中立ˈneutralize, ˈneutralise verb to make useless or harmless usually by causing an opposite effect. 中和,使失效 中和,使失效,抵销 neutralizeenUK
neutralize[′nü·trə‚līz] (chemistry) To make a solution neutral (neither acidic nor basic, pH of 7) by adding a base to an acidic solution, or an acid to a basic solution. (electronics) To nullify oscillation-producing voltage feedback from the output to the input of an amplifier through tube interelectrode capacitances; an external feedback path is used to produce at the input a voltage that is equal in magnitude but opposite in phase to that fed back through the interelectrode capacitance. (optics) To place a lens in contact with other lenses of equal and opposite power so that the combination has zero power. (ordnance) To destroy or reduce the effectiveness of enemy personnel and materiel by gunfire, bombing, or any other means. To make a toxic chemical agent harmless by chemical action. To disarm or otherwise render safe a mine, bomb, missile, or booby trap. neutralizeTo render an enemy force, installation, action, operation, or the like ineffective by military action. It does not necessarily involve destruction, as an airfield may be neutralized for a short period of time by cratering the runways.neutralizeenUK
neutralize [noo´tral-īz] to render neutral.neu·tra·lize (nū'tră-līz), To effect neutralization.neutralize (no͞o′trə-līz′, nyo͞o′-)tr.v. neutral·ized, neutral·izing, neutral·izes 1. To make neutral.2. To counterbalance or counteract the effect of; render ineffective.3. To declare neutral and therefore inviolable during a war.4. Chemistry a. To make (a solution) neutral.b. To cause (an acid or base) to undergo neutralization.5. Medicine To counteract the effect of (a drug or toxin).6. Slang To remove as a threat, especially by killing. neu′tral·iz′er n.FinancialSeeneutralneutralizeenUK
Synonyms for neutralizeverb counteractSynonyms- counteract
- cancel
- offset
- undo
- compensate for
- negate
- invalidate
- counterbalance
- nullify
Synonyms for neutralizeverb to make up forSynonyms- balance
- compensate
- counterbalance
- counterpoise
- countervail
- offset
- outweigh
- redeem
- set off
verb to make ineffective by applying an opposite force or amountSynonyms- cancel
- counteract
- negate
- nullify
Synonyms for neutralizeverb make politically neutral and thus inoffensiveRelated Wordsverb make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect ofSynonymsRelated Wordsverb oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actionsSynonyms- countervail
- counteract
- counterbalance
Related Words- override
- cancel
- offset
- set off
verb get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killingSynonyms- do in
- knock off
- liquidate
- neutralise
- waste
Related Wordsverb make incapable of military actionSynonymsRelated Wordsverb make chemically neutralSynonymsRelated Words |