from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
neutralise
v 1: get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The
mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was
neutralized" [syn: {neutralize}, {neutralise}, {liquidate},
{waste}, {knock off}, {do in}]
2: make incapable of military action [syn: {neutralize},
{neutralise}]
3: make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of; "Her
optimism neutralizes his gloom"; "This action will negate the
effect of my efforts" [syn: {neutralize}, {neutralise},
{nullify}, {negate}]
4: make chemically neutral; "She neutralized the solution" [syn:
{neutralize}, {neutralise}]