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  • 1render neutral — index neutralize Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2neutralize — v. a. 1. Counterbalance, counterpoise, render neutral, render inert, destroy the effect of, render of no effect. 2. Invalidate, render inoperative …

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  • 3neutralize — (v.) 1734, to render neutral (in a chemical sense), from Fr. neutraliser (17c.), from neutral (see NEUTRAL (Cf. neutral) (adj.)). Meaning to counterbalance, to kill by opposing is from 1795. Related: Neutralized; neutralizing …

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  • 4Neutralize — Neu tral*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Neutralized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Neutralizing}.] [Cf. F. neutraliser.] 1. To render neutral; to reduce to a state of neutrality. [1913 Webster] So here I am neutralized again. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] 2. (Chem …

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  • 5Neutralized — Neutralize Neu tral*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Neutralized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Neutralizing}.] [Cf. F. neutraliser.] 1. To render neutral; to reduce to a state of neutrality. [1913 Webster] So here I am neutralized again. Sir W. Scott. [1913… …

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  • 6Neutralizing — Neutralize Neu tral*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Neutralized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Neutralizing}.] [Cf. F. neutraliser.] 1. To render neutral; to reduce to a state of neutrality. [1913 Webster] So here I am neutralized again. Sir W. Scott. [1913… …

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  • 7neutralize — I verb annul, balance, cancel, cancel out, counterbalance, counterpoise, countervail, deactivate, deaden, demagnetize, destroy the effect of, disable, disenable, equalize, incapacitate, invalidate, make ineffective, negate, nullify, offset,… …

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  • 8neutralize — To effect neutralization. * * * neu·tral·ize also Brit neu·tral·ise n(y)ü trə .līz vb, ized also Brit ised; iz·ing also Brit is·ing vt 1) to make chemically neutral 2 a) to counteract the activity or effect of: make in …

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  • 9international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …

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  • 10France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …

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