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Neutralize

verb

(past & past part. neutralized; pres. part. neutralizing)

Make politically neutral and thus inoffensive.

Make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of. Synonyms: negate, neutralise, nullify. "This action will negate the effect of my efforts"

Oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions. Synonyms: counteract, counterbalance, countervail.

Get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing. Synonyms: do in, knock off, liquidate, neutralise, waste. "The double agent was neutralized"

Make incapable of military action. Synonym: neutralise.

Make chemically neutral. Synonym: neutralise.

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"Neutralize" Quotes from Famous Books

... the ordinary transmissions on the private telegraphs. Thus there would be a system of checks and preventives of abuse operating to restrain the action of this otherwise dangerous power within those bounds which will permit only the good and neutralize the evil. Should the Government thus take the Telegraph solely under its own control, the revenue derived from the bonuses alone, it must be plain, will ...

— Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals - In Two Volumes, Volume II • Samuel F. B. Morse

... long exposed a fresher colour, and a more attractive appearance; but repeated waterings are highly pernicious, as they neutralize the natural juices of some, render others bitter, and make all ...

— The Mirror, 1828.07.05, Issue No. 321 - The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction • Various

... infidelity, or tend to its increase? Women being so much more generally religiously disposed than men, the influence of the former, if allowed its due weight in public affairs, would be much more likely to neutralize the influence of the infidel men now exercising the rights and privileges from which women are debarred, and would thus contribute to the development of a higher moral and religious tone in community. Apply ...

— Woman: Man's Equal • Thomas Webster

... the vibration frequencies affect the eyes at the same time, we see no color at all but only brightness. This is due to the fact that certain vibration frequencies neutralize each other in their effect on the retina, so far as producing color is concerned. Red neutralizes green, blue neutralizes yellow, violet neutralizes yellowish ...

— The Science of Human Nature - A Psychology for Beginners • William Henry Pyle

... a new wording of the last Sophism. The demand made is, that the foreign article should be taxed, in order to neutralize the effects of the tax, which weighs down national produce. It is still then but the question of equalizing the facilities of production. We have but to say that the tax is an artificial obstacle, which has exactly the same effect as a natural ...

— Sophisms of the Protectionists • Frederic Bastiat

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