neutralize
US: /ˈnutɹəˌɫaɪz/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
neutralize /'nju:trəlaiz/ (neutralise) /'nju:trəlaiz/- ngoại động từ
- (quân sự) trung lập hoá
- (hoá học) trung hoà
- to neutralize an acid: trung hoà một axit
- làm mất tác dụng, làm thành vô hiệu
- to neutralize a poison: làm chất độc mất tác dụng
Advanced English dictionary
(BrE also neutralise) verb [VN]1 to stop sth from having any effect: The latest figures should neutralize the fears of inflation.
2 (chemistry) to make a substance NEUTRAL (5): Lime was used to neutralize the acidity of the soil.
3 to make a country or an area NEUTRAL (2): The treaty neutralized the Black Sea.
neutralization, neutralisation noun [U]
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
void, annul, cancel (out), nullify, invalidate, negate, delete, undo, make or render ineffective, counterbalance, counteract, offset, equalize, even, square, compensate for, make up for:
The forces on both sides of the sail, being equal, neutralize each other.
Collocation
ADV.
effectively
This strategy effectively neutralized what the Conservatives had hoped would be a vote-winner.
PREP.
with
Discarded acid should be neutralized with alkali before disposal.
Concise dictionary
neutralizes|neutralized|neutralizing'nuːtrəlaɪz /'njuː-verb
+make politically neutral and thus inoffensive
+make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of
+oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions
+get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
+make incapable of military action
+make chemically neutral
