<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) neutralized, neutralizing.</li><li>To make neutral; cause to undergo neutralization.</li><li>To make (something) ineffective; counteract; nullify: carelessness that neutralized our efforts.</li><li>Military: to put out of action or make incapable of action: to neutralize an enemy position.</li><li>To declare neutral; invest with neutrality in order to exempt from involvement during a war: to neutralize a city to prevent bombing.</li><li>To add an acid to a basic solution or a base to an acidic solution until the resulting solution is chemically neutral (pH = 7).</li><li>Electricity: to render electrically or magnetically neutral.</li></ul>