Etymology

neutralize

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Today it means: To make (something) even, inactive or ineffective. Full definition →

French neutraliser
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  1. French · borrowed fromneutraliser
  2. English todayneutralize

From French neutraliser (first attested in 1642). By surface analysis, neutral + -ize.

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