neutralizing

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

1.To render neutral; to reduce to a state of neutrality. [1913 Webster]

So here I am neutralized again.— Sir W. Scott.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

3.To destroy the peculiar properties or opposite dispositions of; to reduce to a state of indifference or inefficiency; to counteract; to render ineffective; as, to neutralize parties in government; to neutralize efforts, opposition, etc. [1913 Webster]

Counter citations that neutralize each other.— E. Everett.[1913 Webster]