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neutralize
verb(neu-tral-ize)
make chemically neutral
Synonyms: neutralise,
Examples:
She neutralized the solution.
neutralize
verb(neu-tral-ize)
make incapable of military action
Synonyms: neutralise,
neutralize
verb(neu-tral-ize)
get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
Synonyms: do in, knock off, liquidate, neutralise, waste,
Examples:
The double agent was neutralized.
neutralize
verb(neu-tral-ize)
oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions
neutralize
verb(neu-tral-ize)
make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of
Synonyms: negate, neutralise, nullify,
Examples:
Her optimism neutralizes his gloom.
neutralize
verb(neu-tral-ize)
make politically neutral and thus inoffensive
Examples:
The treaty neutralized the small republic.

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