Associations to the word «Neutralise»

Wiktionary

NEUTRALISE, verb. To make inactive or ineffective.

Dictionary definition

NEUTRALISE, verb. Get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized".
NEUTRALISE, verb. Make incapable of military action.
NEUTRALISE, verb. Make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of; "Her optimism neutralizes his gloom"; "This action will negate the effect of my efforts".
NEUTRALISE, verb. Make chemically neutral; "She neutralized the solution".

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.