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neutralize

Word definitions for neutralize in dictionaries

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in 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 .

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Congress can try to neutralize new legislation by modifying it or delaying it. ▪ Government forces neutralized the rebels. ▪ Recent events have done much to neutralize the influence of the right-wing. ▪ The Oilers managed ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (context American spelling English) (alternative spelling of neutralise English)

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Neutralize \Neu"tral*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Neutralized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Neutralizing .] [Cf. F. neutraliser.] 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 ...

WordNet Word definitions in 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 , ...

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.