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Adjective: neutralised Usage: Brit (=neutralized)
- Made neutral in some respect; deprived of distinctive characteristics
- neutralized Verb: neutralise 'n(y)oo-tru`lIz Usage: Brit (=neutralize)
- Get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
"the double agent was neutralised" - neutralize, liquidate, waste, knock off, do in - Make incapable of military action
- neutralize - Make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of
"Her optimism neutralises his gloom" - neutralize, nullify, negate - Make chemically neutral
"She neutralised the solution" - neutralize - Oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions
"This will neutralise the foolish actions of my colleagues" - counteract, countervail, neutralize, counterbalance - Make politically neutral and thus inoffensive
"The treaty neutralised the small republic" - neutralize
See also: neutral, neutralisation [Brit] Type of: alter, cancel, change, demilitarise [Brit], demilitarize, kill, modify, offset, set off, weaken |