释义 |
Verb: neutralise 'n(y)ootru`lIz Usage: Brit (=neutralize)
- Get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
- neutralize, liquidate, waste, knock off, do in - Make incapable of military action
- neutralize - Make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of
- neutralize, nullify, negate - Make chemically neutral
"She neutralised the solution" - neutralize - Make politically neutral and thus inoffensive
"The treaty neutralised the small republic" - neutralize - Oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions
- counteract, countervail, neutralize, counterbalance
Derived forms: neutralises, neutralised, neutralising See also: neutralisation [Brit] Type of: alter, cancel, change, demilitarise [Brit], demilitarize, kill, modify, offset, set off, weaken |