neutralization

1. 1.

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

   “the neutralization of Belgium”

   Synonymsneutralisation

   Broadernullification
2. 2.

   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

   Synonymsneutralisationneutralization reactionneutralisation reaction

   Broaderchemical reaction
3. 3.

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

   Synonymsneutralisation

   Broaderdestruction

   euphemism

4. 4.

   action intended to nullify the effects of some previous action

   Synonymsneutralisationcounteraction

   Broadernullification

Other forms of neutralization

plural

neutralizations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about neutralization

What does neutralization mean?

neutralization means "action intended to keep a country politically neutral or exclude it from a possible war". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in neutralization?

neutralization has 5 syllables: neu-tra-li-za-tion. The stress falls on "za". In IPA it is /ˌnutɹələˈzeɪʃən/.

What is another word for neutralization?

Close synonyms include neutralisation, neutralisation, neutralization reaction, neutralisation reaction, neutralisation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is neutralization a common word?

neutralization is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with neutralization?

94 words rhyme with neutralization. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.