neutralise Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
   knock off; neutralize; liquidate; do in; waste.
   
   • The mafia liquidated the informer
   • the double agent was neutralized
2. verb make incapable of military action
   neutralize.
   
3. verb make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of
   nullify; negate; neutralize.
   
   • Her optimism neutralizes his gloom
   • This action will negate the effect of my efforts
4. verb make chemically neutral
   neutralize.
   
   • She neutralized the solution

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