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Meaning of neutralize

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

neutralize

verb

Definitions

  1. To make even, inactive or ineffective.

    Example: The antidote neutralised the toxin.

  2. To make (a territory, etc.) politically neutral.

    Example: 1965, United States. Congress. Senate, Hearings (volume 1, page 77)

  3. To make (an acidic or alkaline substance) chemically neutral.

  4. To kill.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/neutralize

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