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Neutralise vs. Neutralize

Neutralise and Neutralize Definitions

Neutralise

(British spelling) neutralize

Neutralize

To make neutral.

Neutralise

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

Neutralize

To counterbalance or counteract the effect of; render ineffective.

Neutralise

Make incapable of military action

Neutralize

To declare neutral and therefore inviolable during a war.
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Neutralise

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

Neutralize

To make (a solution) neutral.

Neutralise

Make chemically neutral;
She neutralized the solution

Neutralize

To cause (an acid or base) to undergo neutralization.

Neutralize

(Medicine) To counteract the effect of (a drug or toxin).

Neutralize

(Slang) To remove as a threat, especially by killing.
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Neutralize

(transitive) To make even, inactive or ineffective.
The antidote neutralised the toxin.

Neutralize

(transitive) To make (a territory, etc.) politically neutral.

Neutralize

To make (an acidic or alkaline substance) chemically neutral.

Neutralize

To kill.

Neutralize

To render neutral; to reduce to a state of neutrality.
So here I am neutralized again.

Neutralize

To render inert or imperceptible the peculiar affinities of, as a chemical substance; to destroy the effect of; as, to neutralize an acid with a base.
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Neutralize

To destroy the peculiar properties or opposite dispositions of; to reduce to a state of indifference or inefficiency; to counteract; to render ineffective; as, to neutralize parties in government; to neutralize efforts, opposition, etc.
Counter citations that neutralize each other.

Neutralize

Make politically neutral and thus inoffensive;
The treaty neutralized the small republic

Neutralize

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

Neutralize

Oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions;
This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues

Neutralize

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

Neutralize

Make incapable of military action

Neutralize

Make chemically neutral;
She neutralized the solution

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