\Neu"tral*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Neutralized}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Neutralizing}.] [Cf. F. neutraliser.]
1. To render neutral; to reduce to a state of neutrality.
         So here I am neutralized again.       --Sir W.
                                               Scott.
2. (Chem.) To render inert or imperceptible the peculiar
   affinities of, as a chemical substance; to destroy the
   effect of; as, to neutralize an acid with a base.
3. To destroy the peculiar or opposite dispositions of; to
   reduce to a state of indifference inefficience; to
   counteract; as, to neutralize parties in government; to
   neutralize efforts, opposition, etc.
         Counter citations that neutralize each other. --E.
                                               Everett.