Dictionary Entry
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.
10 letters · Scrabble 19 · Words With Friends 22 · 9 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To render neutral; to reduce to a state of neutrality.
- 2transitive 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.
- 3transitive 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.
- 4verb
make chemically neutral
"She neutralized the solution"
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- 5verb
make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of
"Her optimism neutralizes his gloom"
"This action will negate the effect of my efforts"
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- 6verb
make incapable of military action
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- 7verb
get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
"The mafia liquidated the informer"
"the double agent was neutralized"
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- 8verb
make politically neutral and thus inoffensive
"The treaty neutralized the small republic"
- 9verb
oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions
"This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues"
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