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NEUTRALISED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does neutralised mean?
• NEUTRALISED (adjective)
The adjective NEUTRALISED has 1 sense:
1. made neutral in some respect; deprived of distinctive characteristics
Familiarity information: NEUTRALISED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Made neutral in some respect; deprived of distinctive characteristics
Synonyms:
neutralised; neutralized
Similar:
neutral (possessing no distinctive quality or characteristics)
Context examples
“Surprisingly, the tested Indian antivenom also poorly neutralised the venom of the northern population of the common krait, one of the ‘big four’ against which it is produced,” Sunagar says.
(‘India needs region-specific snakebite antivenoms’, SciDev.Net)
Should any little accidental disappointment of the appetite occur, such as the spoiling of a meal, the under or the over dressing of a dish, the incident ought not to be neutralised by replacing with something more delicate the comfort lost, thus pampering the body and obviating the aim of this institution; it ought to be improved to the spiritual edification of the pupils, by encouraging them to evince fortitude under temporary privation.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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