Hyphenation of neutralize

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word neutralize? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

neu-tral-ize

Definitions of neutralize:

1.	Make politically neutral and thus inoffensive The treaty neutralized the small republic
2.	Make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of Her optimism neutralizes his gloom This action will negate the effect of my efforts
3.	Oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues
4.	Get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing The mafia liquidated the informer The double agent was neutralized
5.	Make incapable of military action
6.	Make chemically neutral She neutralized the solution

Synonyms of neutralize:

verb	change, alter, modify
verb	neutralise, nullify, negate, weaken
verb	counteract, countervail, counterbalance, cancel, offset, set off
verb	neutralise, liquidate, waste, knock off, do in, kill
verb	neutralise, demilitarize, demilitarise
verb	neutralise, change, alter, modify

Last hyphenations of this language

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