neutralize

/ˈnjuː.trə.laɪz/

意味: 中和する、無効にする

例文: Chair-kun neutralized the poison calmly.
　　  チェアくんは冷静に毒を中和した。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: neutralize a threat(脅威を無力化する), neutralize an acid(酸を中和する), neutralize an opponent(相手を無力化する)

定義: 何かを無効にしたり、効果をなくしたりすることです。たとえば、化学では酸とアルカリを混ぜて中和することを指します。また、敵や脅威を無力化することも意味します。

neutralizeは約800,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Verb: make politically neutral and thus inoffensive
Verb: make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of
Verb: oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions
Verb: get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
Verb: make incapable of military action
Verb: make chemically neutral

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

The medicine will neutralize the poison quickly.(薬は毒をすぐに中和します。)
They worked to neutralize the enemy’s attack.(彼らは敵の攻撃を無力化した。)
We need to neutralize the acid spill immediately.(酸の漏れをすぐに中和する必要があります。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Verb: The treaty neutralized the small republic
Verb: Her optimism neutralizes his gloom
Verb: This action will negate the effect of my efforts
Verb: This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues
Verb: The mafia liquidated the informer
Verb: the double agent was neutralized
Verb: She neutralized the solution

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): counteract, counterbalance, countervail, do in, knock off, liquidate, negate, neutralise, neutralize, nullify, waste

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): cancel, change, demilitarize, kill, weaken

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): accelerate, acerbate, acetylate, achromatize, activate, adjust, affect, age, alchemize, alcoholize, alkalinize, allegorize, alter, americanize, angulate, animize, antiquate, antique, archaize, arterialize, ash, assassinate, assimilate, automatize, awaken, barb, barbarize, bestialize, better, blind, blister, blunt, blur, boil, brain, break, break down, brighten, bring, brutalize, bubble, butcher, calcify, camp, capture, cause to sleep, centralize, change intensity, change taste, charge, chasten, check, circularize, civilize, clarify, classicize, clean, clear, clot, cloud, coarsen, cohere, color, commercialize, commit suicide, communize, commute, complicate, condense, confuse, constitutionalize, contaminate, conventionalize, convert, cook, cool, corrupt, counteract, counterchange, crack, cripple, cry, customize, damage, dampen, darken, de-emphasize, de-energize, deaden, deaminate, decapitate, decarboxylate, decelerate, decentralize, decimalize, decimate, decorate, decrease, decrepitate, deflate, deform, dehydrogenate, demagnetize, demist, democratize, demonize, demulsify, demythologize, denationalize, denaturalize, denature, deodorize, depersonalize, depolarize, depress, desensitize, destabilize, destroy, detransitivize, devalue, develop, devilize, devitalize, digitize, dilute, dinge, dirty, disable, discolor, disharmonize, disintegrate, dismember, disorder, dispatch, disqualify, dissimilate, dissolve, diversify, dizzy, domesticate, dope, draw, drown, dry, dull, dynamize, ease up, edit, electrocute, eliminate, emasculate, embrittle, empty, emulsify, enable, end, enervate, enfeeble, equal, erase, eroticize, estrange, etherealize, etiolate, europeanize, evaporate, even, excite, execute, extend, exteriorize, exterminate, fatten, feminize, fertilize, fill, fix, flatten, flocculate, freeze, frenchify, full, gelatinize, glamorize, glorify, habituate, harmonize, harshen, heat, hue, humanize, humble, hydrogenate, immaterialize, immortalize, impale, inactivate, incandesce, increase, indispose, industrialize, inflate, inform, inseminate, insulate, intensify, internationalize, introvert, invalidate, invert, iodinate, ionate, islamize, isomerize, laicize, legitimate, lend, liberalize, lifehack, lift, liquefy, loosen, louden, lower, lubricate, lynch, magnetize, make, mark, martyr, masculinize, massacre, mechanize, militarize, mince, mix, morph, muddy, murder, mythologize, nationalize, naturalize, nazify, neutralize, nick, normalize, obfuscate, obscure, occidentalize, officialize, opacify, opalize, opsonize, orientalize, ossify, outmode, overlie, oxidize, oxygenize, paganize, pall, parallel, patent, personalize, piggyback, plasticize, poison, polarize, politicize, port, professionalize, proof, prostrate, purify, put, put away, radicalize, rarefy, rationalize, recombine, recommend, reconstruct, refine, reflate, reform, refresh, relax, remodel, restore, revolutionize, right, ripen, romanticize, round off, rusticate, saber, sacrifice, sanitize, saponify, saturate, sauce, schematize, scramble, sensitize, sentimentalize, set, sexualize, shade, shake, shallow, shape, sharpen, shed blood, shift, shoot, shorten, simplify, slenderize, smother, smut, sober, socialize, soften, solemnize, solvate, spice, spike, sputter, stabilize, stain, steepen, stiffen, still, stone, straighten, strangle, strengthen, string, substitute, suburbanize, supercharge, supple, suspend, sweeten, switch, symmetrize, synchronize, take off, tame, temper, tender, tense, territorialize, thicken, think, tighten, tomahawk, tone down, touch, transaminate, transfigure, transform, transitivize, translate, transmute, transpose, turn, turn back, uglify, unbrace, unclutter, uniformize, unite, unsanctify, unscramble, unsex, untie, untune, urbanize, validate, variegate, vascularize, ventilate, verbify, vesiculate, visualize, vitalize, vitrify, vivify, volatilize, vulgarise, warm, wash out, weaken, weaponize, wet, widen, worsen, zap

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): co-opt, override

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: counteraction, counteractive, counterbalance, liquidation, liquidator, neutralisation, neutralization, nullification

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

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Exam Level

英検準1級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Holes

Movies(映画):

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

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