neutralisation — English Dictionary

Noun

1. The act of neutralising.

   Usage

   • UK usage
   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

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   Its first act upon its arrival — or, depending on the degree of intelligent agency you ascribed to it, the first side-effect of its arrival — was the neutralisation of the Foundation. In the space of a night, an international staff of tens of thousands disappeared into oblivion, or became amnesiac, or simply dropped brain-dead where they were standing. Foundation Sites became hollow, inaccessible dead zones. A few anomalies broke containment in the chaos, to devastating effect; thousands of others were choked into irrelevant obscurity beneath SCP-3125's antimemetic pressure.

Noun

1. a chemical reaction in which an acid and a base interact with the formation of a salt; with strong acids and bases the essential reaction is the combination of hydrogen ions with hydroxyl ions to form water

   Synonyms

   neutralizationneutralization reactionneutralisation reaction

   Broader terms

   chemical reactionreaction

2. (euphemism) the removal of a threat by killing or destroying it (especially in a covert operation or military operation)

   Synonyms

   neutralization

   Broader terms

   destructiondevastation

3. action intended to keep a country politically neutral or exclude it from a possible war

   Synonyms

   neutralization

   Broader terms

   nullificationoverride

   Examples

   the neutralization of Belgium

4. action intended to nullify the effects of some previous action

   Synonyms

   neutralizationcounteraction

   Broader terms

   nullificationoverride