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Exact Match:

neutralize

make chemically neutral; "She neutralized the solution"

make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of; "Her optimism neutralizes his gloom"; "This action will negate the effect of my efforts"

make incapable of military action

get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized"

make politically neutral and thus inoffensive; "The treaty neutralized the small republic"

Synonyms:

• abrogate,
• absorb the shock,
• annul,
• balance,
• break the fall,
• bring to nothing,
• buffer,
• cancel,
• cancel out,
• come to nothing,
• compensate,
• compensate for,
• conquer,
• counteract,
• counterbalance,
• countercheck,
• counterpoise,
• countervail,
• cushion,
• damp,
• dampen,
• deaden,
• defeat,
• delete,
• equalize,
• even,
• frustrate,
• invalidate,
• make up for,
• negate,
• negativate,
• negative,
• nullify,
• offset,
• overcome,
• override,
• overrule,
• redress,
• show consideration,
• show mercy,
• show pity,
• soften,
• soften the blow,
• square,
• stultify,
• subdue,
• suppress,
• thwart,
• undo,
• vitiate,
• void