neutralise

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verb

1. get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
- The mafia liquidated the informer
- the double agent was neutralized
• Syn:
neutralize, liquidate, waste, knock off, do in
• Derivationally related forms:
liquidation (for: liquidate), liquidator (for: liquidate)
• Hypernyms:
kill
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. make incapable of military action
• Syn:
neutralize
• Derivationally related forms:
neutralisation, neutralization (for: neutralize)
• Hypernyms:
demilitarize, demilitarise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of
- Her optimism neutralizes his gloom
- This action will negate the effect of my efforts
• Syn:
neutralize, nullify, negate
• Derivationally related forms:
nullification (for: nullify), neutralisation, neutralization (for: neutralize)
• Hypernyms:
weaken
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
4. make chemically neutral
- She neutralized the solution
• Syn:
neutralize
• Derivationally related forms:
neutralisation, neutralization (for: neutralize)
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  neutralize, nullify, negate, liquidate, waste, knock off, do in