neutralize
(verb)
verb
1. make politically neutral and thus inoffensive
- The treaty neutralized the small republic
Definition categories: social, alter, change, modify
2. make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of
- Her optimism neutralizes his gloom
Similar word(s): negate, neutralise, nullify
Definition categories: change, weaken
3. oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions
Similar word(s): counteract, counterbalance, countervail
Definition categories: social, cancel, offset
4. get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
- the double agent was neutralized
Similar word(s): liquidate, neutralise, waste
Definition categories: contact, kill
5. make incapable of military action
Similar word(s): neutralise
Definition categories: competition, demilitarise, demilitarize
6. make chemically neutral
- She neutralized the solution
Similar word(s): neutralise