neutralise

neutralise
verb
1. get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
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The mafia liquidated the informer

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the double agent was neutralized

• Syn: ↑neutralize, ↑liquidate, ↑waste, ↑knock off, ↑do in
• Derivationally related forms: ↑liquidation (for: ↑liquidate), ↑liquidator (for: ↑liquidate)
• Hypernyms: ↑kill
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody

2. make incapable of military action
• Syn: ↑neutralize
• Derivationally related forms: ↑neutralisation, ↑neutralization (for: ↑neutralize)
• Hypernyms: ↑demilitarize, ↑demilitarise
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

3. make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of
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Her optimism neutralizes his gloom

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This action will negate the effect of my efforts

• Syn: ↑neutralize, ↑nullify, ↑negate
• Derivationally related forms: ↑nullification (for: ↑nullify), ↑neutralisation, ↑neutralization (for: ↑neutralize)
• Hypernyms: ↑weaken
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something

4. make chemically neutral
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She neutralized the solution

• Syn: ↑neutralize
• Derivationally related forms: ↑neutralisation, ↑neutralization (for: ↑neutralize)
• Hypernyms: ↑change, ↑alter, ↑modify
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something


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