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neutralize

English

🔊 make chemically neutral
“She neutralized the solution”
🔊 make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of
“Her optimism neutralizes his gloom”
🔊 make incapable of military action
🔊 get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
“The mafia liquidated the informer”
🔊 make politically neutral and thus inoffensive
“The treaty neutralized the small republic”
🔊 oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions
“This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues”