neutralise

verb

1. get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing

- the double agent was neutralized

Similar word(s): liquidate, neutralize, waste

Definition categories: contact, kill

2. make incapable of military action

Similar word(s): neutralize

Definition categories: competition, demilitarise, demilitarize

3. make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of

- Her optimism neutralizes his gloom

Similar word(s): negate, neutralize, nullify

Definition categories: change, weaken

4. make chemically neutral

- She neutralized the solution

Similar word(s): neutralize

Definition categories: change, alter, modify