All neutralise synonyms

verb neutralise

• counteract — To counteract something means to reduce its effect by doing something that produces an opposite effect.
• counterbalance — To counterbalance something means to balance or correct it with something that has an equal but opposite effect.
• defuse — If you defuse a dangerous or tense situation, you calm it.
• deactivate — If someone deactivates an explosive device or an alarm, they make it harmless or impossible to operate.
• nullify — to render or declare legally void or inoperative: to nullify a contract.
• offset — something that counterbalances, counteracts, or compensates for something else; compensating equivalent.
• cancel out — If one thing cancels out another thing, the two things have opposite effects, so that when they are combined no real effect is produced.
• counterweight — A counterweight is an action or proposal that is intended to balance or counter other actions or proposals.
• negate — to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of: an investigation tending to negate any supernatural influences.
• overcome — to get the better of in a struggle or conflict; conquer; defeat: to overcome the enemy.
• redress — the setting right of what is wrong: redress of abuses.
• subdue — to conquer and bring into subjection: Rome subdued Gaul.
• abrogate — If someone in a position of authority abrogates something such as a law, agreement, or practice, they put an end to it.
• annul — If an election or a contract is annulled, it is declared invalid, so that legally it is considered never to have existed.
• balance — If you balance something somewhere, or if it balances there, it remains steady and does not fall.
• cancel — If you cancel something that has been arranged, you stop it from happening. If you cancel an order for goods or services, you tell the person or organization supplying them that you no longer wish to receive them.
• conquer — If one country or group of people conquers another, they take complete control of their land.
• countercheck — a check or restraint, esp one that acts in opposition to another
• counterpoise — a force, influence, etc, that counterbalances another
• countervail — to act or act against with equal power or force
• defeat — If you defeat someone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest.
• frustrate — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
• invalidate — to render invalid; discredit.
• negative — expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
• override — to prevail or have dominance over; have final authority or say over; overrule: to override one's advisers.
• overrule — to rule against or disallow the arguments of (a person): The senator was overruled by the committee chairman.
• undo — to reverse the doing of; cause to be as if never done: Murder once done can never be undone.