neutralize

IPA: nˈutrʌɫaɪz

(transitive) To make even, inactive or ineffective.
(transitive) To make (a territory, etc.) politically neutral.
(transitive, chemistry) To make (an acidic or alkaline substance) chemically neutral.
(transitive, military, euphemistic) To kill.

Examples of "neutralize" in Sentences

(However, while ominous in tone, the term "neutralize" -- as used by government agents -- was never really defined.)
Tense talks over U.S. plans to build a defense shield in Eastern Europe, with Russia now vowing to "neutralize" -- "neutralize" -- the proposed system.
The same firm was also proposing, for Bank of America, a plot to destroy Wikileaks, and to "neutralize" constitutional scholar Glenn Greenwald of Salon.com.
It was during the Phoenix Program that the word "neutralize" -- meaning assassinate -- originated as part of the vocabulary of the U.S. military and intelligence operations.
Are we really going to stay in Iraq until we "neutralize" -- i.e. blow to pieces or imprison in Abu Ghraib -- every Iraqi who isn't keen on our notion of a unified, multi-sectarian, pro American, pro Western, anti-Islamist Iraq?
Turkish leaders are convinced that the only strategy that could 'neutralize' Iran's nuclear weapons potential is comprehensive negotiations with Iran (as Tehran proposed in April 2003) that would cover all manner of security issues of concern to Iran, the US, and regional parties.
The freedom of the press should be thus far restricted; so that when a man publicly proclaims through the far-sounding trumpet of the newspaper, he should be answerable for it, at any rate with his honor, if he has any; and if he has none, let his name neutralize the effect of his words.