2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
neutralize
v 1: make politically neutral
2: make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of "Her
optimism neutralizes his gloom" [syn: {nullify}]
3: oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions;
"This will counteract the foolish actions of my
colleagues" [syn: {counteract}, {countervail}, {counterbalance}]
4: make incapable of military action
5: make chemically neutral; "She neutralized the solution"
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