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neutralizing |
1 definition 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.
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