📖 Definitions of "Neutralizes"
verb
- 1
To make even, inactive or ineffective.
"The antidote neutralised the toxin."
- 2
To make (a territory, etc.) politically neutral.
"1965, United States. Congress. Senate, Hearings (volume 1, page 77)"
- 3
To make (an acidic or alkaline substance) chemically neutral.
- 4
To kill.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Neutralizes"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| nullifyverb | To make of no use or value; to cancel out. |
| counteractverb | (transitive) To have a contrary or opposing effect or force on someone or something. |
| counterbalanceverb | (transitive, figuratively) To match or equal in effect when applying opposing force. |
| countervailverb | To counter, counteract, counterbalance, neutralize, or negate. |
| counteractsverb | (transitive) To have a contrary or opposing effect or force on someone or something. |
| defeatsverb | (transitive) To overcome in battle or contest. |
| neutralisesverb | Non-Oxford British English standard form of neutralize. [(transitive) To make (something) even, inactive or ineffective.] |
| nullifiesverb | To make of no use or value; to cancel out. |
| mitigatesverb | (transitive, of problems or flaws) To reduce, lessen, or decrease and thereby to make less severe or easier to bear. |
| eradicatesverb | (transitive) To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to. |
| negatesverb | To deny the existence, evidence, or truth of; to contradict. |
| suppressesverb | To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue. |
| annihilatesverb | To reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate. |
| neutraliseverb | Non-Oxford British English standard form of neutralize. [(transitive) To make (something) even, inactive or ineffective.] |
| removesverb | (transitive) To delete. |
| subduesverb | (transitive) To overcome, quieten, or bring under control. |
| amplifiesverb | (transitive) To render larger, more extended, or more intense. |
| neutralisingverb | Non-Oxford British English standard form of neutralize. [(transitive) To make (something) even, inactive or ineffective.] |
| repelsverb | (transitive) To drive back (an assailant, advancing force etc.). |
| eliminatesverb | (transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to. |
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