To neutralize something is to make it harmless or inactive. When you neutralize a poison, you make it so that it can't harm you or the people around you.
The soldiers neutralized the bomb by using a chemical reaction.
The scientists neutralized the virus by using a vaccine.
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make chemically neutral
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make incapable of military action
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get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
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oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions
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make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of
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make politically neutral and thus inoffensive
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The contract was neutralized.
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The requirement is to neutralize it.
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It is orderly and neutral in the extreme.
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Incrimination is hardly neutral.
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It affects the neutrality of the article.
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It damages the neutrality of the article.
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The flagging is entirely neutral.
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The neutralized the acid liquid.
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The paragraph is proportionate and neutral.
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There's not even the pretense of neutrality.