Meanings
present singular third person neutralises · participle present neutralising · participle past neutralised · past neutralised
- BritishEnglishNon OxfordstandardNon-Oxford British English standard form of neutralize.
It’s all based on immobilising your opponent, rather than punching or kicking them, which means you learn how to neutralise, for example, a stranger grabbing your wrist.
2019 September 14, Charles Negromonte Santos, “Fitness tips: three benefits of Brazilian jiu-jitsu”, in The Guardian
Synonyms & antonyms
verbget rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frenchneutraliser
- Englishneutralise
From French neutraliser (first attested in 1642). By surface analysis, neutral + -ise.
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neutralise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neutralise
“neutralise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neutralise. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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