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
nitrify
- v convert into nitric acid, nitrous acid, or nitrate, especially with the action of nitrobacteria
- v treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound
- v treat (soil) with nitrates