Associations to the word «Neutralization»

Wiktionary

NEUTRALIZATION, noun. The act of neutralizing.

Dictionary definition

NEUTRALIZATION, noun. Action intended to keep a country politically neutral or exclude it from a possible war; "the neutralization of Belgium".
NEUTRALIZATION, noun. A chemical reaction in which an acid and a base interact with the formation of a salt; with strong acids and bases the essential reaction is the combination of hydrogen ions with hydroxyl ions to form water.
NEUTRALIZATION, noun. (euphemism) the removal of a threat by killing or destroying it (especially in a covert operation or military operation).
NEUTRALIZATION, noun. Action intended to nullify the effects of some previous action.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne