neutralization
The act of neutralizingThe act of neutralizing.
» "That's genocide!" "You call it genocide, I call it preemptive neutralization of undesirable elements. Tomayto, tomahto."
"Це геноцид!" — "Ви називаєте це геноцидом, я називаю це превентивним знешкодженням небажаних елементів. Один хрін".
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of neutralizing.
Neutralisierung
нейтрализа́цияnejtralizácija
нейтраліза́ціяnejtralizácija
- action intended to nullify the effects of some previous action
- action intended to keep a country politically neutral or exclude it from a possible war
- (euphemism) the removal of a threat by killing or destroying it (especially in a covert operation or military operation)
- a chemical reaction in which an acid and a base interact with the formation of a salt; with strong acids and bases the essential reaction is the combination of hydrogen ions with hydroxyl ions to form water
Examples
1 sentences"That's genocide!" "You call it genocide, I call it preemptive neutralization of undesirable elements. Tomayto, tomahto."
"Це геноцид!" — "Ви називаєте це геноцидом, я називаю це превентивним знешкодженням небажаних елементів. Один хрін".
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French neutralisation. By surface analysis, neutral + -ization or neutralizeBorrowed from French neutralisation. By surface analysis, neutral + -ization or neutralize + -ation.
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Forms
plural: neutralizationsSynonyms
4 synonyms- action intended to nullify the effects of some previous action:neutralisationcounteraction
- action intended to keep a country politically neutral or exclude it from a possible war:neutralisation
- (euphemism) the removal of a threat by killing or destroying it (especially in a covert operation or military operation):neutralisation
- a chemical reaction in which an acid and a base interact with the formation of a salt; with strong acids and bases the essential reaction is the combination of hydrogen ions with hydroxyl ions to form water:neutralisationneutralization reactionneutralisation reaction
Word family
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable