neutralization

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   action intended to keep a country politically neutral or exclude it from a possible war

   the neutralization of Belgium

2. 2
   noun

   action intended to nullify the effects of some previous action

3. 3
   noun

   (euphemism) the removal of a threat by killing or destroying it (especially in a covert operation or military operation)

4. 4
   noun

   a chemical reaction in which an acid and a base interact with the formation of a salt

5. 5
   noun

   The act of neutralizing.

Etymology

Borrowed from French neutralisation. By surface analysis, neutral + -ization or neutralize + -ation.