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neutralize
neu·tral·ize
[
ntrə lz
]
(
past and past participle
neu·tral·ized
,
present participle
neu·tral·iz·ing
,
3rd person present singular
neu·tral·iz·es
)
transitive verb
Definition:
1.
render something ineffective:
to make something ineffective, especially by removing its ability to act as a threat or obstacle
2.
politics
make country unaligned:
to make or declare a country unaligned in a war or dispute
3.
chemistry
make something neither acid nor alkaline:
to render a substance neither acid nor alkaline
4.
physics
make charge zero:
to make the electric charge or potential of something zero
neu·tral·i·za·tion
[
ntrəli záysh'n
]
noun
neu·tral·iz·er
[
ntrə lzər
]
noun
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neu·tral·i·za·tion [ ntrəli záysh'n ] nounneu·tral·iz·er [ ntrə lzər ] noun
