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neutralize - 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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neutralise,
nullify,
negate |
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weaken become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"
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neutralize - make chemically neutral; "She neutralized the solution" |
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neutralise |
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alter,
change,
modify remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?"
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neutralize - make incapable of military action |
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neutralise |
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demilitarise,
demilitarize do away with the military organization and potential of
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neutralize - 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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neutralise,
liquidate,
waste |
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kill destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods"
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neutralize - make politically neutral and thus inoffensive; "The treaty neutralized the small republic" |
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alter,
change,
modify remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?"
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co-opt take or assume for one's own use; "He co-opted the criticism and embraced it"
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