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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1. State John Kerry:

   We began our fight against al Qaeda in 2001 and it took us quite a few years before we were able to eliminate Osama bin Laden and the top leadership and neutralize them as an effective force. We hope to do Daesh much faster than that and we think we have an ability to do that.

2. Keir Giles:

   ' Deportation' is a euphemism. It's been used as a fairly innocuous term for what happened to these people, which was effectively enslavement and starvation. is shipping off the women, the children, the people that you want to remove from societies in order to neutralize them, they are generally met with pretty horrific fates. If they survived at all, they did not return for years or decades.

3. Henry Stawinski:

   Seeing the danger presented by Michael, the shooter, (Detective Colson) took action -- and in doing so, demonstrated extreme heroism because it was his actions that allowed officers to take a position where they could intervene and neutralize the threat, detective Colson drew fire to himself, and in doing so was mortally wounded.

4. Anthony Pinto:

   I love my family, they might use these mental rituals like prayer or counting to neutralize that anxiety or to try to make that anxiety go away as a way to cope.

5. Herve Ladsous:

   At the start of January, we'll have to step up a gear to neutralize them in line with the U.N. Security Council mandate.