vverb.contactget rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killingSynset:do in knock off liquidate neutralize waste
Examples:- The mafia liquidated the informer
- the double agent was neutralized
Derivationally Related Form:liquidatorliquidation
Hypernyms:kill
Inherited Hypernyms:neutralizekill
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | They want to --- the prisoners (apply to: liquidate, waste, knock off, do in)
vverb.competitionmake incapable of military actionSynset:neutralize
Derivationally Related Form:neutralisationneutralization
Hypernyms:demilitarise demilitarize
Inherited Hypernyms:neutralizedemilitarizedisarmdeprivetake
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.changemake ineffective by counterbalancing the effect ofSynset:negate neutralize nullify
Examples:- Her optimism neutralizes his gloom
- This action will negate the effect of my efforts
Derivationally Related Form:nullificationneutralisationneutralization
Hypernyms:weaken
Inherited Hypernyms:neutralizeweakenchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changemake chemically neutralSynset:neutralize
Examples:- She neutralized the solution
Derivationally Related Form:neutralisationneutralization
Hypernyms:alter change modify
Inherited Hypernyms:neutralizechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something