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Verb
S:
(v)
neutralize
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neutralise
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liquidate
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waste
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knock off
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do in
(get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing)
"The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized"
S:
(v)
neutralize
,
neutralise
(make incapable of military action)
S:
(v)
neutralize
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neutralise
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nullify
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negate
(make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of)
"Her optimism neutralizes his gloom"; "This action will negate the effect of my efforts"
S:
(v)
neutralize
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neutralise
(make chemically neutral)
"She neutralized the solution"
Adjective
S:
(adj)
neutralized
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neutralised
(made neutral in some respect; deprived of distinctive characteristics)