negotiate
- v discuss the terms of an arrangement
They negotiated the sale of the house - v succeed in passing through, around, or over
neutralise
- v get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
- v make incapable of military action
- v make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of
- v make chemically neutral
neutralize
- v make politically neutral and thus inoffensive
The treaty neutralized the small republic - v make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of
Her optimism neutralizes his gloom - 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
niggle
- v worry unnecessarily or excessively
- v argue over petty things