Synonyms for neutralise
neu·tralise

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1. neutralize, neutralise, liquidate, waste, knock off, do inverb

   get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing

   "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized"

   Synonyms:
   rot, cop, nullify, ravage, hook, fling off, shave, liquidate, ware, neutralize, countervail, blow, scourge, lay waste to, counteract, dash off, snitch, desolate, thieve, do in, macerate, scratch off, counterbalance, toss off, squander, languish, negate, devastate, pay off, emaciate, drop, pine away, knock off, consume, glom, waste, run off

2. neutralize, neutraliseverb

   make incapable of military action

   Synonyms:
   counteract, nullify, counterbalance, countervail, liquidate, do in, knock off, negate, waste, neutralize

3. neutralize, neutralise, nullify, negateverb

   make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of

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

   Synonyms:
   waste, countervail, avoid, counterbalance, contravene, knock off, belie, annul, counteract, invalidate, neutralize, negate, nullify, quash, contradict, liquidate, do in, void

4. neutralize, neutraliseverb

   make chemically neutral

   "She neutralized the solution"

   Synonyms:
   counteract, nullify, counterbalance, countervail, liquidate, do in, knock off, negate, waste, neutralize

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Demilitarize
   • Kill

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1. List of paraphrases for "neutralise":

   neutralize, counteract, incapacitate

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How to use neutralise in a sentence?

1. James Harvey Robinson:

   American life is a powerful solvent. It seems to neutralise every intellectual element, however tough and alien it may be, and to fuse it in the native good-will, complacency thoughtlessness, and optimism.

2. Guy Brice Parfait Kolelas:

   The only explanation is that I told the president he is not allowed to change the constitution, he is trying to control us, to neutralise us.