Found 2 items, similar to Neutralizing.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: neutralize neutralize v 1: make politically neutral and thus inoffensive; “The treaty neutralized the small republic” 2: make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of; “Her optimism neutralizes his gloom”; “This action will negate the effect of my efforts” [syn: neutralise, nullify, negate] 3: oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions; “This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues” [syn: counteract, countervail, counterbalance] 4: get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; “The mafia liquidated the informer”; “the double agent was neutralized” [syn: neutralise, liquidate, waste, knock off , do in] 5: make incapable of military action [syn: neutralise] 6: make chemically neutral; “She neutralized the solution” [syn: neutralise]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Neutralizing Neutralize \Neu"tral*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Neutralized; p. pr. & vb. n. Neutralizing.] [Cf. F. neutraliser.] 1. To render neutral; to reduce to a state of neutrality. [1913 Webster] So here I am neutralized again. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] 2. (Chem.) To render inert or imperceptible the peculiar affinities of, as a chemical substance; to destroy the effect of; as, to neutralize an acid with a base. [1913 Webster] 3. To destroy the peculiar properties or opposite dispositions of; to reduce to a state of indifference or inefficiency; to counteract; to render ineffective; as, to neutralize parties in government; to neutralize efforts, opposition, etc. [1913 Webster] Counter citations that neutralize each other. --E. Everett. [1913 Webster]