neutralise
v 1: get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The
mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was
neutralized" [syn: neutralize, liquidate, waste, knock
off, do in]
2: make incapable of military action [syn: neutralize]
3: make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of; "Her
optimism neutralizes his gloom"; "This action will negate
the effect of my efforts" [syn: neutralize, nullify, negate]
4: make chemically neutral; "She neutralized the solution"
[syn: neutralize]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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