Synonyms for neutralize
ˈnu trəˌlaɪz, ˈnyu-neu·tral·ize

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1. neutralize

   Synonyms:
   counteract, compensate, counterbalance, counterpoise, countervail

   Antonyms:
   aggravate, enhance, intensify

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1. neutralizeverb

   make politically neutral and thus inoffensive

   "The treaty neutralized the small republic"

   Synonyms:
   neutralise, counteract, nullify, counterbalance, countervail, liquidate, do in, knock off, negate, waste

2. neutralize, neutralise, nullify, negateverb

   make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of

   "Her optimism neutralizes his gloom"; "This action will negate the effect of my efforts"

   Synonyms:
   waste, countervail, avoid, counterbalance, contravene, knock off, belie, annul, counteract, invalidate, neutralise, negate, nullify, quash, contradict, liquidate, do in, void

3. counteract, countervail, neutralize, counterbalanceverb

   oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions

   "This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues"

   Synonyms:
   waste, countermine, countervail, even off, compensate, counterbalance, negate, even out, neutralise, counteract, subvert, sabotage, correct, oppose, weaken, even up, countercheck, antagonise, nullify, make up, undermine, liquidate, offset, do in, antagonize, knock off

4. neutralize, neutralise, liquidate, waste, knock off, do inverb

   get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing

   "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized"

   Synonyms:
   rot, cop, nullify, ravage, hook, neutralise, fling off, shave, liquidate, ware, countervail, blow, scourge, lay waste to, counteract, dash off, snitch, desolate, thieve, do in, macerate, scratch off, counterbalance, toss off, squander, languish, negate, devastate, pay off, emaciate, drop, pine away, knock off, consume, glom, waste, run off

5. neutralize, neutraliseverb

   make incapable of military action

   Synonyms:
   neutralise, counteract, nullify, counterbalance, countervail, liquidate, do in, knock off, negate, waste

6. neutralize, neutraliseverb

   make chemically neutral

   "She neutralized the solution"

   Synonyms:
   neutralise, counteract, nullify, counterbalance, countervail, liquidate, do in, knock off, negate, waste

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1. • Change
   • Demilitarize
   • Kill

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1. neutralizeverb

   Synonyms:
   counterbalance, render neutral, render inert, destroy the effect of, render of no effect

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1. neutralizeverb

   Synonyms:
   counteract, counterbalance, invalidate

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1. List of paraphrases for "neutralize":

   neutralise, incapacitate, counteract, neutralization, offset, defuse, circumvent, neutralisation

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How to use neutralize in a sentence?

1. Mickey Mehta:

   Relax, nothing is in your control, as the collective destiny unfolds. Release all handles and flow with ease, let stress and tensions neutralize, MickeyMize. Share this for order, balance and harmony.

2. Douglas London:

   MBS is eager to neutralize the threat posed by United States, whose intimate knowledge of the ruling family's skeletons, and everyone else's, and broad network, equipped him to enable any aspiring challenger to the crown, i don't rule out the possibility that MBS wanted to kill United States, but it's just as likely, if not more so, that were there a team deployed to Canada, MBS wanted to put United States under observation, information from which might provide insight on his contacts and activities.

3. The Interior Ministry:

   The territory has been completely surrounded, the operation to apprehend and neutralize the criminals is under way.

4. Anthony Fauci:

   One of the things you do is you get the virus and you grow it or you put it into a modified form called a pseudovirus. And when you do that, you can then get convalescent plasma, monoclonal antibodies, as well as sera and antibodies that are induced by the vaccine to see if they neutralize the virus.

5. Russian President Vladimir Putin:

   This is not a defense system. This is part of U.S. nuclear strategic potential brought onto a periphery. In this case, Eastern Europe is such periphery, until now, those taking such decisions have lived in calm, fairly well-off and in safety. Now, as these elements of ballistic missile defense are deployed, we are forced to think how to neutralize emerging threats to the Russian Federation.