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neutralize |
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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