Neutralize
verb
To make something unable to harm or have any effect.
They claim to have neutralized the virus by the vaccine
Often appears as...
- neutralize the threat
- neutralize the virus
verb
To cause a chemical reaction so that something is no longer acidic or alkaline.
The lime juice will neutralize the acid
Often appears as...
- neutralize the acid
- neutralize the ph
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Technical
verb
To remove or stop the power of a group or a person.
The government neutralized the opposition by arresting its leaders
Often appears as...
- neutralize the opposition
- neutralize the threat
verb
To make something seem less important.
Her rudeness was neutralized by her kindness
Often appears as...
- neutralize the rudeness
- neutralize the problem
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Disapproving
verb
To make something unable to harm or have any effect.
They claim to have neutralized the virus by the vaccine
Often appears as...
- neutralize the threat
- neutralize the virus
verb
To cause a chemical reaction so that something is no longer acidic or alkaline.
The lime juice will neutralize the acid
Often appears as...
- neutralize the acid
- neutralize the ph
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To remove or stop the power of a group or a person.
The government neutralized the opposition by arresting its leaders
Often appears as...
- neutralize the opposition
- neutralize the threat
verb
To make something seem less important.
Her rudeness was neutralized by her kindness
Often appears as...
- neutralize the rudeness
- neutralize the problem
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/2Broad Applications
Use 'neutralize' to describe making various harmful things harmless, not just physical objects.
A well-crafted apology can neutralize resentment.
Pro Tip 2/2Metaphorical Use
'Neutralize' can be used metaphorically to talk about reducing an effect or influence.
The company's new policy neutralized consumer complaints.
Pro Tip 1/2Broad Applications
Use 'neutralize' to describe making various harmful things harmless, not just physical objects.
A well-crafted apology can neutralize resentment.
Pro Tip 2/2Metaphorical Use
'Neutralize' can be used metaphorically to talk about reducing an effect or influence.
The company's new policy neutralized consumer complaints.
Pro Tip 1/2Broad Applications
Use 'neutralize' to describe making various harmful things harmless, not just physical objects.
A well-crafted apology can neutralize resentment.
Pro Tip 2/2Metaphorical Use
'Neutralize' can be used metaphorically to talk about reducing an effect or influence.
The company's new policy neutralized consumer complaints.
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How does your body...
Medicine that slides down your throat can help treat a headache, a sore back, or a throbbing sprained ankle. But how does it get where it needs to go in the first place? The answer is that it hitches a ride in your circulatory blood stream, cycling through your body in a race to do its job before it's snared by organs and molecules designed to neutralize
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What does the liver do?...
As it's produced, bile is funneled into a small container below the liver, called the gallbladder, before being trickled into the intestine to help break down fats, destroy microbes, and neutralize extra stomach acid. Bile also helps carry other toxins and byproducts from the liver out of the body. So as you can see,
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Can you actually boost...
Innate immunity means nonspecific defense mechanisms, and this is our first line of protection. It helps fight off pathogens before they cause a problem. It's like a bouncer at the door of a club. The innate immunity keeps invaders out or neutralizes them shortly after entry so they don't start a fight inside.
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What we know (and don't...
It begins by attacking the immune system's cells and neutralizing its responses, allowing the virus to proliferate. Starting anywhere from two to twenty days after contraction, initial symptoms like high temperature, aching, and sore throat
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Mysterious Hippo Deaths...
up to that number he said this is the abnormal we don't know what is happening tour guides report seeing large animal carcasses floating in one of the parts neutralizing say want you to go to cow to the hippos and we see where that is
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How mucus keeps us...
which would expose them to infection. It lubricates your eyes so you can blink. It protects your stomach lining from acid. It neutralizes threats by removing or trapping substances that could make you sick.
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What does the pancreas...
It aids digestion by producing a special tonic made of water, sodium bicarbonate, and digestive enzymes. Sodium bicarbonate neutralizes the stomach's natural acidity,
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Ants Devour Slug Alive!...
with its protected code neutralized the ants attacked the slug underneath slowly the victim is sliced up
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Best Of Ants PIPE BBC Earth
with its protective coat neutralized the ants attack the slug underneath slowly the victim is sliced up
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Best of Tiny Animals PIPE...
with its protective coat neutralized the ants attack the slug underneath
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How does your body...
Medicine that slides down your throat can help treat a headache, a sore back, or a throbbing sprained ankle. But how does it get where it needs to go in the first place? The answer is that it hitches a ride in your circulatory blood stream, cycling through your body in a race to do its job before it's snared by organs and molecules designed to neutralize
Video examples
What does the liver do?...
As it's produced, bile is funneled into a small container below the liver, called the gallbladder, before being trickled into the intestine to help break down fats, destroy microbes, and neutralize extra stomach acid. Bile also helps carry other toxins and byproducts from the liver out of the body. So as you can see,
Video examples
Can you actually boost...
Innate immunity means nonspecific defense mechanisms, and this is our first line of protection. It helps fight off pathogens before they cause a problem. It's like a bouncer at the door of a club. The innate immunity keeps invaders out or neutralizes them shortly after entry so they don't start a fight inside.
Video examples
What we know (and don't...
It begins by attacking the immune system's cells and neutralizing its responses, allowing the virus to proliferate. Starting anywhere from two to twenty days after contraction, initial symptoms like high temperature, aching, and sore throat
Video examples
Mysterious Hippo Deaths...
up to that number he said this is the abnormal we don't know what is happening tour guides report seeing large animal carcasses floating in one of the parts neutralizing say want you to go to cow to the hippos and we see where that is
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How mucus keeps us...
which would expose them to infection. It lubricates your eyes so you can blink. It protects your stomach lining from acid. It neutralizes threats by removing or trapping substances that could make you sick.
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What does the pancreas...
It aids digestion by producing a special tonic made of water, sodium bicarbonate, and digestive enzymes. Sodium bicarbonate neutralizes the stomach's natural acidity,
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Ants Devour Slug Alive!...
with its protected code neutralized the ants attacked the slug underneath slowly the victim is sliced up
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Best Of Ants PIPE BBC Earth
with its protective coat neutralized the ants attack the slug underneath slowly the victim is sliced up
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Best of Tiny Animals PIPE...
with its protective coat neutralized the ants attack the slug underneath
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W. Clement Stone
American Businessman
When you do the wrong thing, knowing it is wrong, you do so because you haven't developed the habit of effectively controlling or neutralizing strong inner urges that tempt you, or because you have established the wrong habit and don't know how to eliminate them effectively.
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Richard Diebenkorn
American Artist
In abstract painting, I worried about the limited range of possibilities that, as time went on, became increasingly important to me. I wanted to express or deal with differences that an all-over paint and canvas 'presence' neutralized.
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Morihei Ueshiba
Japanese Athlete
Opponents confront us continually, but actually there is no opponent there. Enter deeply into an attack and neutralize it as you draw that misdirected force into your own sphere.
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Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Filipino Statesman
We have our own home-grown terrorism, and to the extent that we can obliterate terrorism all over the world, then our own terrorism will be much easier to neutralize.
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Robert Browning
English Poet
White shall not neutralize the black, nor good compensate bad in man, absolve him so: life's business being just the terrible choice.
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William James
American Philosopher
Our esteem for facts has not neutralized in us all religiousness. It is itself almost religious. Our scientific temper is devout.
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RuPaul
American Entertainer
It's a neutralizing mantra to say to everybody, 'I come in peace.' I come in peace. That's why it's important.
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Booker T. Washington
American Educator
There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life.
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Robert Greene
English Playwright
Weak character will neutralize all of the other possible good qualities a person might possess.
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Richard Francis Burton
English Explorer
One death to a man is a serious thing: a dozen neutralize one another.
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W. Clement Stone
American Businessman
When you do the wrong thing, knowing it is wrong, you do so because you haven't developed the habit of effectively controlling or neutralizing strong inner urges that tempt you, or because you have established the wrong habit and don't know how to eliminate them effectively.
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Richard Diebenkorn
American Artist
In abstract painting, I worried about the limited range of possibilities that, as time went on, became increasingly important to me. I wanted to express or deal with differences that an all-over paint and canvas 'presence' neutralized.
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Morihei Ueshiba
Japanese Athlete
Opponents confront us continually, but actually there is no opponent there. Enter deeply into an attack and neutralize it as you draw that misdirected force into your own sphere.
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Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Filipino Statesman
We have our own home-grown terrorism, and to the extent that we can obliterate terrorism all over the world, then our own terrorism will be much easier to neutralize.
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Robert Browning
English Poet
White shall not neutralize the black, nor good compensate bad in man, absolve him so: life's business being just the terrible choice.
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William James
American Philosopher
Our esteem for facts has not neutralized in us all religiousness. It is itself almost religious. Our scientific temper is devout.
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RuPaul
American Entertainer
It's a neutralizing mantra to say to everybody, 'I come in peace.' I come in peace. That's why it's important.
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Booker T. Washington
American Educator
There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life.
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Robert Greene
English Playwright
Weak character will neutralize all of the other possible good qualities a person might possess.
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Richard Francis Burton
English Explorer
One death to a man is a serious thing: a dozen neutralize one another.
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