neutralize

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
19
Words With Friends
22
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ˈnjuːtɹəlaɪz/
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/ˈnjuːtɹəlaɪz/ · /ˈnutɹəˌlaɪz/

Definition of neutralize

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To make (something) even, inactive or ineffective.
    “The antidote neutralised the toxin.”
    “It’s possible that some microbes don’t just take up residence in tumors but help them grow. They may cloak the tumor from the immune system, neutralize drugs or help tumors spread through the body.”
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verb

  1. (transitive)To make (something) even, inactive or ineffective.
    “The antidote neutralised the toxin.”
    “It’s possible that some microbes don’t just take up residence in tumors but help them grow. They may cloak the tumor from the immune system, neutralize drugs or help tumors spread through the body.”
  2. (transitive)To make (a territory, etc.) politically neutral.
    “All the powers involved are committed not only to stay out of a given territory, but also to reenter it if any one of them violates the independence of the neutralized country.”
  3. (transitive)To make (an acidic or alkaline substance) chemically neutral.
  4. (euphemistic, transitive)To kill.
    “At the beginning of the opening game, Shepard becomes the first human Spectre, an elite operative given broad authority to neutralize threats to galactic order in the galaxy.”
    ““We managed to neutralise the guilty person. So there was no longer any imminent threat,” De Croo said, […]”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From French neutraliser (first attested in 1642). By surface analysis, neutral + -ize.

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