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. Sarhang Hamasaeed:

   It is a broader problem that does not only tie to what happened in the past couple of weeks, but a broader one is : What is the Sarhang Hamasaeed policy towards Iraq ? There was an Iraqi criticism always that the US does not have a policy and a strategy for its focus on Iraq, there's a strategy focused on ISIS that has an Iraq component, there's a strategy toward Iran that has an Iran component, but if you neutralize those two elements, what is the Sarhang Hamasaeed policy vis-a-vis Iraq ?

2. Booker T. Washington:

   There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life.

3. Amy Klinger:

   There is just not enough evidence to support the idea that a teacher would be able to neutralize a threat, what makes us think that a social studies teacher can do something that law enforcement has troubled doing?

4. Michael Bennet:

   I hope it never comes to that, but we need to make sure that we’ve got a strategy and approach to neutralize these threats as they arise.

5. French President Emmanuel Macron:

   This morning ... we were able to neutralize 33 terrorists, take one prisoner and free two Malian gendarmes who had been held hostage.