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Verb neutralize has 6 senses
- neutralize - make politically neutral and thus inoffensive; "The treaty neutralized the small republic"
--1 is one way to change, alter, modify
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- neutralize, neutralise, nullify, negate - make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of; "Her optimism neutralizes his gloom"; "This action will negate the effect of my efforts"
--2 is one way to weaken
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- counteract, countervail, neutralize, counterbalance - oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions; "This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues"
--3 is one way to cancel, offset, set off
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- neutralize, neutralise, liquidate, waste, knock off, do in - get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized"
--4 is one way to kill
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- neutralize, neutralise - make incapable of military action
--5 is one way to demilitarize, demilitarise
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- neutralize, neutralise - make chemically neutral; "She neutralized the solution"
--6 is one way to change, alter, modify
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