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Definition: Neutralized |
NeutralizedAdjective1. Made neutral in some respect; deprived of distinctive characteristics. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "neutralized" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1830. (references) |
Synonym: NeutralizedSynonym: neutralised (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Neutralized |
| English words defined with "neutralized": corrected ♦ Dry wine ♦ Monobasic ♦ neutralise, neutralize. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "neutralized": dynamically neutralized state ♦ Neutral Beam Injection, neutralized amplifier, Neutralized Plasma ♦ PRECIPITATE WASHER ♦ statically neutralized state ♦ thermally neutralized state ♦ WASH HELPER. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "neutralized": Neutralize. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Which had to be neutralized before blowing up the office (The Rock; writing credit: David Weisberg; Douglas Cook) A member of my team has been neutralized. That's a hostile act. (Stargate SG-1; writing credit: Robert C. Cooper; Brad Wright) | |
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William James | Our esteem for facts has not neutralized in us all religiousness. It is itself almost religious. Our scientific temper is devout. |
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Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The High Contracting Parties, while they recognise the guarantees stipulated by the Treaties of 1815, and especially by the Act of November 20, l815, in favour of Switzerland, the said guarantees constituting international obligations for the maintenance of peace, declare nevertheless that the provisions of these treaties, conventions, declarations and other supplementary Acts concerning the neutralized zone of Savoy, as laid down in paragraph 1 of Article 92 of the Final Act of the Congress of Vienna and in paragraph 2 of Article 3 of the Treaty of Paris of November 20, 1815, are no longer consistent with present conditions. (reference) |
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Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | But the gentle sweetness of his face quite neutralized the apparent rudeness of the reply. |
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Health | If not neutralized, free radicals can accumulate and cause random damage to the DNA and proteins within cells. (references) | |
Boys with XLA are also susceptible to viruses that are normally neutralized by antibodies during their spread in the bloodstream. (references) | ||
Freebase refers to a compound that has not been neutralized by an acid to make the hydrochloride salt. The freebase form of cocaine is smokable. (references) | ||
Economic History | Trinidad | However, this growth was neutralized somewhat by a decline in Business (2.2%) and other (16.3%) categories. (references) |
Political Economy | PANAMA | Various incentives for investment exist in Panamanian law, but they are neutralized in many cases by Panama's outdated and restrictive labor code and the small size of the domestic market. (references) |
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Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | Our excess capacity neutralized any effort at establishing an effective cartel, and thus the rest of the world was assured of adequate supplies of oil at reasonable prices. |
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| "Neutralized" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 73.81% of the time. "Neutralized" is used about 42 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 73.81% | 31 | 62,296 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 26.19% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Total | 100.00% | 42 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "neutralized": dynamically neutralized state ♦ neutralized amplifier ♦ statically neutralized state ♦ thermally neutralized state. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "neutralized": un-neutralized. | |
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| Language | Translations for "neutralized"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 中立化 (neutralisation, neutralise, neutralised, Neutralization, Neutralize, Neutralizing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | neutrodynstabiliseret, neutraliseret. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | warmband kan mechanisch of chemisch ( door beitsen ) van de walshuid ontdaan, of geneutraliseerd ( med een kalklaag ) geleverd worden (hot rolled strip can be delivered mechanically or chemically descaled ( pickled ), limed ( neutralized in any other way )), thermisch geneutraliseerde toestand (thermally neutralised state, thermally neutralized state, virgin state), statisch geneutraliseerde toestand (statically neutralised state, statically neutralized state), maagdelijke toestand (thermally neutralised state, thermally neutralized state, virgin state), dynamisch geneutraliseerde toestand (dynamically neutralised state, dynamically neutralized state). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | neutraloitu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | neutrodyné. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | neutralisierte (neutralizes), kaltgestellt. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | στατικά εξουδετερωμένη(απομαγνητισμένη)κατάσταση (statically neutralised state, statically neutralized state). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | neutralizzato, a neutrodina. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 중"하" (neutralised). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eutralizednay estado virgem (thermally neutralised state, thermally neutralized state, virgin state), estado neutralizado termicamente (thermally neutralised state, thermally neutralized state, virgin state), estado neutralizado estaticamente (statically neutralised state, statically neutralized state), estado neutralizado dinamicamente (dynamically neutralised state, dynamically neutralized state). (various references) нейтрализовать нейтрализованный. (various references) neutralizado. (various references) neutraliserad. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Neutralized" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: neautralize, neutralise, neutrilize. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "neutralized" (pronounced nuw"trulī'zd) |
| 7 | -t r u l ī' z d | centralized, decentralized. |
| 6 | -r u l ī' z d | demoralized, hydrolyzed, paralyzed, sterilized. |
| 5 | -u l ī' z d | analyzed, annualized, brutalized, capitalized, caramelized, catalyzed, civilized, collateralized, commercialized, criminalized, crystallized, demobilized, denationalized, departmentalized, destabilized, editorialized, equalized, federalized, fertilized, fictionalized, finalized, formalized, fossilized, generalized, globalized, hospitalized, idealized, idolized, immobilized, industrialized, internalized, legalized, liberalized, localized, marginalized, materialized, memorialized, mobilized, monopolized, nationalized, naturalized, normalized, penalized, personalized, professionalized, radicalized, rationalized, recapitalized, regionalized, revitalized, scandalized, serialized, socialized, specialized, stabilized, symbolized, tantalized, trivialized, undercapitalized, underutilized, unrealized, utilized, vandalized, visualized. |
| 4 | -l ī' z d | creolized, realized, stylized. |
| 3 | -ī' z d | accessorized, advertised, agonized, aluminized, amortized, anglicized, antagonized, apologized, authorized, balkanized, burglarized, capsized, carbonized, categorized, characterized, circumcised, collectivized, colonized, colorized, compromised, computerized, containerized, criticized, customized, demilitarized, democratized, demonized, denuclearized, depressurized, deputized, desensitized, digitized, disenfranchised, disorganized, downsized, dramatized, emphasized, energized, enfranchised, epitomized, eulogized, excised, exercised, familiarized, fantasized, galvanized, harmonized, hellenized, heroized, homogenized, humanized, hypnotized, hypothesized, immunized, improvised, ironized, itemized, jeopardized, legitimized, lionized, magnetized, maximized, mechanized, memorized, mesmerized, metastasized, midsized, militarized, miniaturized, minimized, mischaracterized, modernized, motorized, nonunionized, organized, ostracized, outsized, oxidized, pasteurized, patronized, plagiarized, polarized, politicized, polymerized, popularized, pressurized, prioritized, privatized, proselytized, publicized, pulverized, randomized, reauthorized, recognized, reorganized, revolutionized, romanticized, rubberized, sanitized, scrutinized, securitized, sensitized, standardized, stigmatized, subsidized, summarized, supervised, sympathized, synchronized, synthesized, televised, terrorized, theorized, traumatized, unamortized, unauthorized, undersized, unexercised, unionized, unorganized, unrecognized, unsubsidized, unsupervised, urbanized, vaporized, westernized, winterized. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-i-l-n-r-t-u-z" | |
-1 letter: adulterine, neutralize, unrealized. | |
-2 letters: interlude, laterized, retinulae, tailender, unaltered, unrelated. | |
-3 letters: antlered, auntlier, dateline, denature, dentural, detailer, detainer, elaterid, elaterin, entailed, entailer, indurate, laterize, lazurite, lineated, realized, renailed, retailed, retained, retinued, retinula, reunited, ruinated, tenurial, treenail, underate, undereat, underlet, underlie, underlit, urinated. | |
-4 letters: alerted, aliened, aliener, aliunde, altered, alunite, antired, arenite, atelier, audient, azurite, daunter, delaine, denture, detinue, detrain, deutzia, dilater, diluent, diluter, diurnal, dualize, enteral, erudite, eternal, intrude, latened, latrine, launder, leadier, learned, lineate, lunated, lurdane, natured, neutral, ratline, realize, redline, redtail, related, reliant, relined, retiled, retinae, retinal, retinue, retuned, reunite, ruinate, rundlet, taurine, teazled, teleran, tendril, tenured, trailed, trained, trainee, treadle, trenail, trindle, trundle, turdine, unaired, unideal, unitard, unrated, unrazed, untired, untread, untried, uralite, uranide, uranite, uredial, urinate, uterine. | |
-5 letters: aedile, aedine, aeried, airted, aldrin, alined, aliner, aneled, anteed, antler, ardent, ariled, audile, aulder, auntie, darnel, dartle, dautie, dealer, dearie, delate, denari, denial, denier, dental, dentil, derail, derate, detail, detain, dialer, dieter, dilate, dilute, dueler, dunite, durian, earned, elated, elater, eluant, eluate, eluder, eluent, eluted, endear, endite, endure, entail, entera, entire, enured, ideate, indult, inured, laired, lander, larine, lateen, lauder, lazied, lazier, leaden, leader, leaned, leaner, learnt, lender, lieder, lierne, linear, linter, lizard, lunate, lunier, lunted, lurdan, lutein, nailed, nailer, nature, neared, neater, nereid, neural, neuter, nurled, nutria, railed, rained, ranted, ratine, ratlin, razeed, redate, rediae, redial, reedit, reined, relaid, relate, relend, relent, relied, reline, renail, rental, rented, retail, retain, retial, retied, retile, retina, retine, retune, rident, ritual, ruined, rundle, runlet, rutile, tailed, tailer, teared, teazel, teazle, teledu, tenail, tender, teniae, tenure, tiered, tinder, tineal, tirade, tirled, triene, trinal, trined, triune, tuladi, tundra, tureen, turned, united, uniter, unlade, unlaid, unlead, unread, unreal, unreel, untied, uredia, ureide, urinal, zander, zanier, zeatin. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-i-l-n-r-t-u-z" | |
+1 letter: denaturalize. | |
+2 letters: denaturalized, denaturalizes. | |
+4 letters: deindustrialize, reindustrialize. | |
+5 letters: deindustrialized, deindustrializes, denuclearization, reconceptualized, recontextualized, reindustrialized, reindustrializes, undercapitalized. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 65 75 74 72 61 6C 69 7A 65 64 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-. . ..- - .-. .- .-.. .. --.. . -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01100101 01110101 01110100 01110010 01100001 01101100 01101001 01111010 01100101 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N e u t r a l i z e d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0065 0075 0074 0072 0061 006C 0069 007A 0065 0064 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4871878684677875927170 |
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