neutralize
neutralize is a 10-letter English word with 9 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To render neutral; to reduce to a state of neutrality. Face value is 19 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. To render neutral; to reduce to a state of neutrality.
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. 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.
- verb. make chemically neutral
"She neutralized the solution"
- verb. make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of
"Her optimism neutralizes his gloom"
"This action will negate the effect of my efforts"
- verb. make incapable of military action
- verb. get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
"The mafia liquidated the informer"
"the double agent was neutralized"
- verb. make politically neutral and thus inoffensive
"The treaty neutralized the small republic"
- verb. oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions
"This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues"
Synonyms
neutralise, negate, nullify, liquidate, waste, counteract, counterbalance, countervail
Common word forms
neutralized, neutralizer, neutralizes, neutralizing
Words from these letters
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