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Neutralization   /nˌutrələzˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Neutralization

noun
1.
Action intended to keep a country politically neutral or exclude it from a possible war.  Synonym: neutralisation.
2.
A chemical reaction in which an acid and a base interact with the formation of a salt; with strong acids and bases the essential reaction is the combination of hydrogen ions with hydroxyl ions to form water.  Synonyms: neutralisation, neutralisation reaction, neutralization reaction.
3.
(euphemism) the removal of a threat by killing or destroying it (especially in a covert operation or military operation).  Synonym: neutralisation.
4.
Action intended to nullify the effects of some previous action.  Synonyms: counteraction, neutralisation.



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"Neutralization" Quotes from Famous Books



... created by combining several kindred States under one executive. This second tendency was illustrated strongly in the case of both Germany and Italy, although the Prussian domination in Germany has no parallel in Italy. Somewhat earlier in the nineteenth century the doctrine of the neutralization of the territories of small States was established as firmly as solemn treaties could do it. The larger national units had a more or less federative quality, the components yielding some of their functions to a central power, but retaining numerous independent functions. This tendency to limited ...
— The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol. 1, January 9, 1915 - What Americans Say to Europe • Various

... rendered hereditary. Now if opposites were to fancy and wed one another, such fortunate improvements would soon be lost. They would be scattered over the community at large even it they escaped entire neutralization. To prevent so disastrous a result nature implants a desire for resemblance, which ...
— The Soul of the Far East • Percival Lowell

... precipitate is filtered off and added to the next run of crude material, or fractionally precipitated again from hydrochloric acid. The rest of the aldehyde is now precipitated by means of more sodium hydroxide solution, and comes down almost white. At the very end of the neutralization, particularly if the original product was quite yellow, the last 4 to 5 g. of aldehyde should be precipitated separately, as they are inclined to be slightly colored. If too much alkali is added towards the end of the neutralization, a brown color appears, but the addition ...
— Organic Syntheses • James Bryant Conant

... 75 per cent., while chemically pure cocaine hydrochloride (C{17}H{21}NO{4}.2HCl) contains 80.6 per cent. of the alkaloid. The sodium hydrate solution cannot be replaced by milk of lime, nor can any other acid be used for neutralization. Alcohol or ether are not suitable for extraction. A repetition of the process with once-extracted coca leaves gave no further quantity of cocaine, proving that all the cocaine goes into solution by one treatment. The same process serves on the small scale for the ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887 • Various



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