neutralize : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: neutralize	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for neutralize
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
neutralize v make politically neutral and thus inoffensive; "The treaty neutralized the small republic" make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of; "Her optimism neutralizes his gloom"; "This action will negate the effect of my efforts" Synonym(s): neutralize, neutralise, nullify, negate oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions; "This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues" Synonym(s): counteract, countervail, neutralize, counterbalance get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized" Synonym(s): neutralize, neutralise, liquidate, waste, knock off, do in make incapable of military action Synonym(s): neutralize, neutralise make chemically neutral; "She neutralized the solution" Synonym(s): neutralize, neutralise
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Neutralize \Neu"tralize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Neutralized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Neutralizing}.] [Cf. F. neutraliser.] 1. To render neutral; to reduce to a state of neutrality. So here I am neutralized again. --Sir W. Scott. 2. (Chem.) 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. 3. 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. Counter citations that neutralize each other. --E. Everett.