NEUTRALIZE

v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To render neutral; to reduce to a state of neutrality. So here I am neutralized again. Sir W. Scott.

2.
v.

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.

3.
v.

To destroy the peculiar or opposite dispositions of; to reduce to a state of indifference inefficience; to counteract; as, to neutralize parties in government; to neutralize efforts, opposition, etc. Counter citations that neutralize each other. E. Everett.

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