neutralized
nooh truh lahyzd
- v make politically neutral and thus inoffensive
The treaty neutralized the small republic - v make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of
- v oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions
- v get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
the double agent was neutralized - v make incapable of military action
- v make chemically neutral
She neutralized the solution - s made neutral in some respect; deprived of distinctive characteristics
- Then on guinea pigs, rabbits and monkeys they demonstrated that the extract neutralized diphtheria toxin and infantile paralysis virus, and caused scarlet fever rashes to blanch.
- With the students neutralized, and with the regular opposition parties still unable to challenge Chvez on a national level, the leftist revolutionary looks likely to win this new .
- It turns out that the Academy neutralized the evening's "carbon footprint" by buying carbon credits.