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Meaning of neutralize

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  neutralize
      v 1: make politically neutral and thus inoffensive; "The treaty
           neutralized the small republic"
      2: make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of; "Her
         optimism neutralizes his gloom"; "This action will negate the
         effect of my efforts" [syn: {neutralize}, {neutralise},
         {nullify}, {negate}]
      3: oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions; "This
         will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues" [syn:
         {counteract}, {countervail}, {neutralize}, {counterbalance}]
      4: get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The
         mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was
         neutralized" [syn: {neutralize}, {neutralise}, {liquidate},
         {waste}, {knock off}, {do in}]
      5: make incapable of military action [syn: {neutralize},
         {neutralise}]
      6: make chemically neutral; "She neutralized the solution" [syn:
         {neutralize}, {neutralise}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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