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neu·tral·ize

Audio Help [noo-truh-lahyz, nyoo-] Pronunciation Key verb, -ized, -iz·ing.

–verb (used with object)

1.	to make neutral; cause to undergo neutralization.

2.	to make (something) ineffective; counteract; nullify: carelessness that neutralized our efforts.

3.	Military. to put out of action or make incapable of action: to neutralize an enemy position.

4.	to declare neutral; invest with neutrality in order to exempt from involvement during a war: to neutralize a city to prevent bombing.

5.	to add an acid to a basic solution or a base to an acidic solution until the resulting solution is chemically neutral (pH = 7).

6.	Electricity. to render electrically or magnetically neutral.

–verb (used without object)

7.	to become neutral or neutralized; undergo neutralization: With this additive the solution begins to neutralize.

Also, especially British, neu·tral·ise.

[Origin: 1655–65; neutral + -ize

]

—Related forms

neu·tral·iz·er, noun

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neu·tral·ize Audio Help (nōō'trə-līz', nyōō'-) Pronunciation Key
tr.v. neu·tral·ized, neu·tral·iz·ing, neu·tral·iz·es

To make neutral.
To counterbalance or counteract the effect of; render ineffective.
To declare neutral and therefore inviolable during a war.
Chemistry
1. To make (a solution) neutral.
2. To cause (an acid or base) to undergo neutralization.
Medicine To counteract the effect of (a drug or toxin).
Slang To remove as a threat, especially by killing.

neu'tral·iz'er n.

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neutralized
adjective
made neutral in some respect; deprived of distinctive characteristics

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neutralize Audio Help (n

'trə-līz') Pronunciation Key
To cause an acidic solution to become neutral by adding a base to it or to cause a basic solution to become neutral by adding an acid to it. Salt and water are usually formed in the process.

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