| VERB | social | neutralize | make politically neutral and thus inoffensive |
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| change | neutralize, neutralise, nullify, negate | make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of | |
| social | neutralize, counteract, countervail, counterbalance | oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions | |
| contact | neutralize, neutralise, liquidate, waste, knock off, do in | get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing | |
| competition | neutralize, neutralise | make incapable of military action | |
| change | neutralize, neutralise | make chemically neutral |
| Sounds | nuw'trahlay.z | |
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| Rhymes | actualize ... womanize: 266 rhymes with ayz... | |
| Meaning | make politically neutral and thus inoffensive. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The treaty neutralized the small republic" | |
| Narrower | co-opt | neutralize or win over through assimilation into an established group |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Spanish | neutralizar | |
| Nouns | neutralization | action intended to keep a country politically neutral or exclude it from a possible war |
| Meaning | make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "Her optimism neutralizes his gloom" | |
| Synonyms | neutralise, nullify, negate | |
| Broader | weaken | lessen the strength of |
| Spanish | anular, invalidar, neutralizarse, neutralizar | |
| Catalan | anul·lar, invalidar, neutralitzar-se, neutralitzar | |
| Nouns | neutralization | action intended to nullify the effects of some previous action |
| Meaning | Oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | counteract, countervail, counterbalance | |
| Narrower | override | counteract the normal operation of (an automatic gear shift in a vehicle) |
| Broader | cancel, offset, set off | Make up for |
| Spanish | contrarrestar, neutralizar | |
| Catalan | contrarestar, neutralitzar | |
| Nouns | neutralization | action intended to nullify the effects of some previous action |
| Meaning | Get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "the double agent was neutralized" | |
| Synonyms | neutralise, 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 | neutralise | |
| Broader | demilitarize, demilitarise | Do away with the military organization and potential of |
| Spanish | neutralizar | |
| Nouns | neutralization | action intended to keep a country politically neutral or exclude it from a possible war |
| Meaning | make chemically neutral. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "She neutralized the solution" | |
| Synonym | neutralise | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Spanish | neutralizarse, neutralizar | |
| Catalan | neutralitzar-se, neutralitzar | |
| Nouns | neutralization | a chemical reaction in which an acid and a base interact with the formation of a salt |
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