neutralize

v.抵消,使无效

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
neutralize (verb)
transitive verb
1.
to make chemically - neutral
2.
a) to counteract the activity or effect of make ineffective - propaganda that is difficult to neutralize
b) - kill destroy
3.
to make electrically inert by combining equal positive and negative quantities
4.
to invest (as a territory or a nation) with conventional or obligatory conferring inviolability during a war - neutrality
5.
to make neutral by blending with the complementary color
6.
intransitive verb
to give (as a pair of phonemes) a nondistinctive form or pronunciation - \t\ and \d\ are neutralized when pronounced as flaps to undergo - neutralization
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
neutralize (verb)
1.
to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective
SYNONYMS:
annul, cancel (out), compensate (for), correct, counteract, counterbalance, counterpoise, make up (for), negative, neutralize
RELATED WORDS:
invalidate, negate, neuter, nullify; atone (for); outbalance, outweigh, redeem; redress, relieve, remedy; override, overrule
neutralize (verb)
2.
to put to death deliberately
SYNONYMS:
assassinate, bump off, croak, dispatch, do in, execute, get, ice, knock off, liquidate, neutralize, off, put away, rub out, slay, snuff, take out, terminate, whack
RELATED WORDS:
blow away, shoot, shoot down; blot out, carry off, claim, cut down, destroy, fell, kill, smite, zap; butcher, massacre, mow (down), slaughter; annihilate, eliminate, eradicate, exterminate, wipe out
NEAR ANTONYMS:
animate, raise, restore, resurrect, resuscitate, revive
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