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

[ Syn: neutralize , liquidate , waste , knock off , do in ]

make incapable of military action

[ Syn: neutralize ]

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

[ Syn: neutralize , nullify , negate ]

make chemically neutral; She neutralized the solution

[ Syn: neutralize ]