Neutralise — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing

make incapable of military action

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/nˈuːtɹəlˌaɪz/

🇬🇧British English

/njˈuːtɹəlˌaɪz/

🇮🇳Indian English

/njˈuːtɹəlˌaɪz/

3 syllables Say it as /nˈuːtɹəlˌaɪz/.

Examples

The mafia liquidated the informer
the double agent was neutralized
Her optimism neutralizes his gloom

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

waste nullify negate neutralize knock off liquidate do in

Parts of Speech

verb	get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing “The mafia liquidated the informer”
verb	make incapable of military action
verb	make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of “Her optimism neutralizes his gloom”
verb	make chemically neutral “She neutralized the solution”

Word Forms

liquidation	noun	the murder of a competitor
liquidator	noun	a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
neutralization	noun	action intended to keep a country politically neutral or exclude it from a possible war
neutralisation	noun	action intended to keep a country politically neutral or exclude it from a possible war
nullification	noun	the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

neutralisieren

(jemanden, der eine Bedrohung darstellen könnte) durch Töten loswerden

🇫🇷French

neutraliser

se débarrasser de (quelqu'un qui peut constituer une menace) en tuant

🇪🇸Spanish

neutralizar

deshacerse de (alguien que pueda ser una amenaza) matando

🇮🇹Italian

neutralizzare

sbarazzarsi di (qualcuno che potrebbe rappresentare una minaccia) uccidendo

🇳🇱Dutch

neutraliseren

zich te ontdoen van (iemand die een bedreiging kan vormen) door te doden

🇵🇹Portuguese

neutralizar

livrar-se de (alguém que pode ser uma ameaça) matando

🇷🇺Russian

нейтрализовать

избавиться от (кого-то, кто может представлять угрозу), убив

India

🇮🇳Hindi

बेअसर

(किसी ऐसे व्यक्ति को जो ख़तरा हो सकता है) मारकर छुटकारा पाएं

🇧🇩Bengali

নিরপেক্ষ করা

get rid of (যে কেউ হুমকি হতে পারে) হত্যা করে

🇮🇳Tamil

நடுநிலையாக்கு

கொலை செய்வதன் மூலம் (அச்சுறுத்தலாக இருக்கும் ஒருவரை) அகற்றவும்

🇮🇳Telugu

తటస్థీకరిస్తాయి

చంపడం ద్వారా (ముప్పు కలిగించే వ్యక్తిని) వదిలించుకోండి

🇮🇳Marathi

तटस्थ करणे

मारून (ज्याला धोका असू शकतो) सुटका करा

🇮🇳Gujarati

તટસ્થ

હત્યા કરીને (કોઈ વ્યક્તિ જે ધમકી આપી શકે છે) થી છુટકારો મેળવો

🇮🇳Kannada

ತಟಸ್ಥಗೊಳಿಸು

ಕೊಲ್ಲುವ ಮೂಲಕ (ಬೆದರಿಕೆಯಾಗಬಹುದಾದ ಯಾರನ್ನಾದರೂ) ತೊಡೆದುಹಾಕಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

നിർവീര്യമാക്കുക

(ഭീഷണിയായേക്കാവുന്ന ഒരാളെ) കൊല്ലുന്നതിലൂടെ ഒഴിവാക്കുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬੇਅਸਰ ਕਰਨਾ

ਮਾਰ ਕੇ (ਕਿਸੇ ਨੂੰ ਜੋ ਖ਼ਤਰਾ ਹੋ ਸਕਦਾ ਹੈ) ਤੋਂ ਛੁਟਕਾਰਾ ਪਾਓ

🇵🇰Urdu

بے اثر کرنا

مار کر (کسی کو جو خطرہ ہو) سے چھٹکارا حاصل کریں۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

中和

通过杀掉（可能构成威胁的人）

🇯🇵Japanese

中和する

（脅威となるかもしれない人を）殺して排除する

🇰🇷Korean

무력화하다

(위협이 될 수 있는 사람을) 죽임으로써 제거하다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

trung hòa

loại bỏ (ai đó có thể là mối đe dọa) bằng cách giết

🇹🇭Thai

ทำให้เป็นกลาง

กำจัด (บุคคลที่อาจเป็นภัยคุกคาม) ด้วยการฆ่า

🇮🇩Indonesian

menetralkan

singkirkan (seseorang yang mungkin menjadi ancaman) dengan cara membunuh

🇵🇭Filipino

neutralisahin

alisin ang (isang taong maaaring maging banta) sa pamamagitan ng pagpatay

🇲🇾Malay

meneutralkan

menyingkirkan (seseorang yang mungkin menjadi ancaman) dengan membunuh

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تحييد

تخلص من (شخص قد يشكل تهديدًا) بالقتل

🇮🇷Persian

خنثی کردن

با کشتن از شر (کسی که ممکن است یک تهدید باشد) خلاص شوید

🇹🇷Turkish

etkisiz hale getirmek

(tehdit olabilecek birinden) öldürerek kurtulmak

🇮🇱Hebrew

לְנַטְרֵל

להיפטר מ(מישהו שעלול להוות איום) על ידי הרג

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The primary meaning of 'neutralise' is 'get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing'.

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