NEUTRALIZE

vt to render neutral; to reduce to a state of neutrality.

2. neutralize ·vt to render inert or imperceptible the peculiar affinities of, as a chemical substance; to destroy the effect of; as, to neutralize an acid with a base.

3. neutralize ·vt to destroy the peculiar or opposite dispositions of; to reduce to a state of indifference inefficience; to counteract; as, to neutralize parties in government; to neutralize efforts, opposition, ·etc.