neutralize

Academic Word List, sublist 6.

About 1.41 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To make (something) even, inactive or ineffective.

   The antidote neutralized the toxin.

2. verb To make (a territory, etc.) politically neutral.
3. verb To make (an acidic or alkaline substance) chemically neutral.
4. verb To kill.

Similar words

nullify counteract counterbalance countervail neutralisation neutralization neutralise deactivate annul dissolve

Often followed by

the each it any or a with their them one

Word family

neutral neutralisation neutralise neutralised neutralises neutralising neutrality neutralization neutralized neutralizer