neutralize

[US]/ˈnjuːtrəlaɪz/
[UK]/ˈnuːtrəlaɪz/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. render ineffective; counteract; make a country neutral.

Example Sentences

add a water conditioner to neutralize chlorine.

a water conditioner to neutralize chlorine and other nasties.

impatience at his frailty began to neutralize her fear.

Acids neutralize alkalis and vice versa.

Acidity in soil can be neutralized by spreading lime on it.

CBF can neutralize some electric charge of colloidal particles and make colloidal particles to sedimentate.

This strategy effectively neutralized what the Conservatives had hoped would be a vote-winner.

In the presence of impurities or in a nonstoichiometric solid, free electrons or electron holes are produced as a result of “charge compensation” to neutralize the effect of charged ionic defects 。

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