neutralise

verb

neutralise

verb

Etymology From French neutraliser (first attested in 1642). By surface analysis, neutral + -ise.

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British, English, Non Oxford, Standard Non-Oxford British English standard form of neutralize.

It’s all based on immobilising your opponent, rather than punching or kicking them, which means you learn how to neutralise, for example, a stranger grabbing your wrist.2019 September 14, Charles Negromonte Santos, “Fitness tips: three benefits of Brazilian jiu-jitsu”, in The Guardian:

Derived terms: immunoneutralise, immunoneutralised, seroneutralise, unneutralised

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Conjugation of “neutralise”, all tenses