Verb (used with object) : carelessness that neutralized our efforts. ,to neutralize an enemy position. ,to neutralize a city to prevent bombing. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used without object) : With this additive the solution begins to neutralize. From Dictionary.com.
"neutralise" - and asked whether this language might have contributed to illegal actions by security force members. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
The company promises to "neutralise" threats to residents. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-08-01] Reference
Van der Merwe said it was to "neutralise" the effect of activists responsible for bloodshed. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Barnard said "neutralise" meant to "take away their ability to strengthen the revolutionary climate". From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Van der Merwe said the list was about trying to "neutralise" the effect of activists responsible for bloodshed. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
This is evident from the high frequency of texts within the book that you have to try and "neutralise", though unsuccessfully it would seem. From Wordnik.com. [The Only True God Chapter 5: Monotheism and Worship in the Book of Revelation] Reference
They have reached the conclusion that it should be possible to 'neutralise' Zambia by persuading her to adopt a Banda-type attitude to South Africa. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of the South African Reich - Chapter 15] Reference
Saudi says air strikes to 'neutralise' Yemen rebels. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to UNICEF regional director on reality of Yemen crisis] Reference
Russia to 'neutralise' US missile defence threat: report. From Wordnik.com. [Raw Story] Reference
Roger Khan's lawyer accused of trying to 'neutralise' witness. From Wordnik.com. [Stabroek News] Reference
It is designed to work in a team to search, target and "neutralise" an enemy. From Wordnik.com. [AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories] Reference
Chechnya, was personally leading the operation to "neutralise" the militants. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
He said this was to "neutralise" the so called "missile defence shield" that the US has been throwing up around Russia. From Wordnik.com. [Socialist Worker (Britain)] Reference
Military leaders say dislodging the Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters from their strongholds would be enough to "neutralise" them. From Wordnik.com. Reference
He said the deployment was necessary to "neutralise" interceptor missiles and a radar station that Washington wants to site in Poland and the Czech Republic. From Wordnik.com. [Top Stories - Google News] Reference
"neutralise" hostile generals at the outbreak of hypothetical hostilities. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
"neutralise" UNITA, accusing it of reneging on peace accords signed in 1994. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
"neutralise" infiltrators who had crossed the frontier and killed a Saudi border guard. From Wordnik.com. Reference
"neutralise" were commonly used by South Africans emboiled in a bloody, low intensity war. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
"neutralise" among former security force members in their handling of perceived enemies of the state. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
"neutralise" vital oil installations in northern Angola if government forces tried to recapture them. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
"neutralise" UNITA, whose forces are deployed in rural areas across most of the southern African country. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
"neutralise" the rebels and for UN peacekeepers and the international community to help reestablish peace. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
It is warranted to neutralise the very highest flavour. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, September 24, 1892] Reference
With these two they think they could largely neutralise Robertson. From Wordnik.com. [A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3] Reference
Carefully neutralise the remainder and add ferric chloride solution. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
Again neutralise to litmus by addition of n/10 caustic soda solution. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
Dissolve residue in 150 the filter in hot water and c.c. water. neutralise. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
The effect is to neutralise any harmful or irritating residues or smell of chlorine. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
Augustine endeavoured to neutralise these opinions by writing two books explaining his views. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election] Reference
At the same time an attempt was made to neutralise the fire of the British batteries on the Ancre by gas shells. From Wordnik.com. [The Seventeenth Highland Light Infantry (Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Battalion) Record of War Service, 1914-1918] Reference
The initial reaction is usually + 0.1 to + 0.5; add the calculated amount of n/10 sodic hydrate solution to neutralise. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
But this is not because of any insensitiveness, but because of equal and antagonistic reactions which neutralise each other. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose His Life and Speeches] Reference
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