neutralize
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- 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
- The experts claim that Israel needs a permanent group of 500 people to meditate in order to neutralize the acute ethnic and religious tensions that fuel violence in the region.
- But McCain advisers are aware that one of the goals of Democratic outreach to Evangelicals has been to simply neutralize their opposition.
- To their surprise, the B cells were able to neutralize a fair number of the viruses, but two of the antibodies produced by the cells clearly stood out as more potent than the rest.