VERB | contact | neutralise, neutralize, liquidate, waste, knock off, do in | get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing |
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competition | neutralise, neutralize | make incapable of military action | |
change | neutralise, neutralize, nullify, negate | make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of | |
change | neutralise, neutralize | make chemically neutral |
Meaning | Get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
Synonyms | neutralize, liquidate, waste, knock off, do in | |
Broader | kill | Cause to die |
Spanish | liquidar, neutralizar | |
Catalan | liquidar |
Meaning | make incapable of military action. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonym | neutralize | |
Broader | demilitarize, demilitarise | Do away with the military organization and potential of |
Spanish | neutralizar | |
Nouns | neutralisation | action intended to keep a country politically neutral or exclude it from a possible war |
Meaning | make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Synonyms | neutralize, nullify, negate | |
Broader | weaken | lessen the strength of |
Spanish | anular, invalidar, neutralizarse, neutralizar | |
Catalan | anul·lar, invalidar, neutralitzar-se, neutralitzar | |
Nouns | neutralisation | action intended to nullify the effects of some previous action |
Meaning | make chemically neutral. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Synonym | neutralize | |
Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
Spanish | neutralizarse, neutralizar | |
Catalan | neutralitzar-se, neutralitzar | |
Nouns | neutralisation | a chemical reaction in which an acid and a base interact with the formation of a salt |
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