Crossword clues for neutralize
neutralize
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Neutralize \Neu"tral*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Neutralized; p. pr. & vb. n. Neutralizing.] [Cf. F. neutraliser.]
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To render neutral; to reduce to a state of neutrality.
So here I am neutralized again.
--Sir W. Scott. (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.
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To destroy the peculiar properties or opposite dispositions of; to reduce to a state of indifference or inefficiency; to counteract; to render ineffective; as, to neutralize parties in government; to neutralize efforts, opposition, etc.
Counter citations that neutralize each other.
--E. Everett.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1734, "to render neutral" (in a chemical sense), from French neutraliser (17c.), from neutral (see neutral (adj.)). Meaning "to counterbalance, to kill by opposing" is from 1795. Related: Neutralized; neutralizing.
Wiktionary
vb. (context American spelling English) (alternative spelling of neutralise English)
WordNet
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" [syn: neutralise, nullify, negate]
oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions; "This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues" [syn: counteract, countervail, counterbalance]
get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized" [syn: neutralise, liquidate, waste, knock off, do in]
make incapable of military action [syn: neutralise]
make chemically neutral; "She neutralized the solution" [syn: neutralise]
Usage examples of "neutralize".
A positive HIV result from somebody who is completely symptom-free, on the other hand, means either that the antibody has been carried from birth without the virus ever having been encountered, or that the virus has been successfully neutralized to the point of invisibility.
The New Allegiance, as they call themselves, will deliver an antivirus that would neutralize the threat of the Raison Strain.
The hydronium ions came in a sudden wave, catching the dividing cells off-guard Buffer systems were mobilized to neutralize some of the initial reactive particles, but there were too many to combat.
To look for a record intelligence, then, we must find a group of animals that had developed large brains without neutralizing this by developing excessively huge bodies.
Juno had easily subdued him by neutralizing the thoughtrode connections that linked his brain to its walker-form.
I have mentioned that one of the effects of secretin is to neutralize the acidity of the stomach contents by stimulating the production of the alkaline pancreatic juice.
Janus was permanently guarded by a platoon under standing orders to neutralize on sight any drone attempting to enter a predefined kill-zone.
Fortunately for mankind the two fundamental evils of traditionalism were just sufficient to neutralize each other during this long period of the incubation of the Modern State.
He tried to neutralize the dangerous Williams by developing a friendship for him and pretending to unfriendliness with Hennes.
The unliving metal killers had had to force a landing, to neutralize the defensive field generators, before the bombardment could begin in earnest.
By the time the amtracks were coming ashore, the most stubborn defenses had already been overrun or neutralized.
Four plunger switches closed, that tiny pilot ray became an enormous rod of force, and as those two gigantic beams met in exact opposition and neutralized each other a solid wall of blinding brilliance appeared in the empty ether behind the Vorkulian fortress.
The cerebrospinal fluid supplies a buoyancy that almost entirely neutralizes gravitational pull within the skull.
Behind us, I heard crashing noises and gunshots as the Gaters began neutralizing the security system and breaking inside.
Smith 111, the Virginia Commonwealth University professor and fellow at the nonpartisan Center for Media and Public Affairs, offered a detailed analysis of how the elite media neutralize their critics.