āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
neutralize
/njËuËtÉšÉlËaÉĒz/
neutralise
to neutralize
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āύāĻŋāώā§āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻšāϤ āĻāϰāĻž
to take action to counter the effects of something
Transitive: to neutralize something undesirable
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Environmental agencies are collaborating to neutralize the impact of industrial waste on local water sources.
āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻļ āϏāĻāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύā§āϝāĻŧ āĻāϞ āĻāϤā§āϏ āĻāĻĒāϰ āĻļāĻŋāϞā§āĻĒ āĻŦāϰā§āĻā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻŦ āύāĻŋāώā§āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āϏāĻšāϝā§āĻāĻŋāϤāĻž āĻāϰāĻā§āĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāϰāĻĒā§āĻā§āώ āĻāϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāϰāĻĒā§āĻā§āώ āĻā§āώāĻŖāĻž āĻāϰāĻž
to officially declare or establish a territory, nation, or group as neutral, ensuring it remains uninvolved and protected during a conflict
Transitive: to neutralize a region
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The peace agreement was signed to neutralize the territory and prevent any military occupation.
āĻļāĻžāύā§āϤāĻŋ āĻā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āώāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞ āĻ
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āύāĻŋāώā§āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻāϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāϰāĻĒā§āĻā§āώ āĻāϰāĻž
to make an acidic or alkaline substance neutral by adding a substance that cancels out its pH level
Transitive: to neutralize an acidic or alkaline substance
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
To neutralize the acidic soil, they added lime to balance the pH levels.
āĻ
āĻŽā§āϞā§āϝāĻŧ āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āύāĻŋāώā§āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻāϰāϤā§, āϤāĻžāϰāĻž pH āϏā§āϤāϰāĻā§ āĻāĻžāϰāϏāĻžāĻŽā§āϝ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻā§āύ āϝā§āĻ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāώā§āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻ āĻāĻžāϰā§āϝāĻāϰ āĻāϰāĻž
to deactivate or render harmless a bomb or similar weapon by disarming or defusing it
Transitive: to neutralize a bomb or similar weapon
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The technician carefully neutralized the bomb by cutting the right wires.
āĻĒā§āϰāϝā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ āϤāĻžāϰāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻā§āĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻŦāϧāĻžāύ⧠āύāĻŋāώā§āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻāϰā§āĻā§āύāĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāώā§āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻĻā§āϰ āĻāϰāĻž
to eliminate a threat by killing or incapacitating someone who poses danger
Transitive: to neutralize sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The police officer was forced to neutralize the armed suspect to prevent further violence.
āĻĒā§āϞāĻŋāĻļ āĻ
āĻĢāĻŋāϏāĻžāϰāĻā§ āĻāϰāĻ āϏāĻšāĻŋāĻāϏāϤāĻž āϰā§āϧ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āϏāĻļāϏā§āϤā§āϰ āϏāύā§āĻĻā§āĻšāĻāĻžāĻāύāĻā§ āύāĻŋāώā§āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āϝ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
neutralized
neutralize
neutral
neuter
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