Break
Break verb - To cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly.
Neutralize and break are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Neutralize" instead a verb "Break".
Neutralize
Neutralize verb - To balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective.
Break and neutralize are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Break" instead a verb "Neutralize".
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Empyrean totally loses it when the Mane Six break through his defenses and enter the throne room and tries to incinerate them only for the Elements to neutralize his attack to depower him.
Source: Fan Fic / The Immortal Game -
Season 4 enters a mid-season break with an orchid artifact releasing a poisonous disease across the entire world before the Warehouse agents can neutralize it.
Source: Series / Warehouse 13 - The second time a Phantom Thief hypnotizes Ryo into impotence to neutralize his "Mokkori Power" (aka his will to fight and win), giving Ryo a really hard time until he got horny enough to break out of the block.
Source: The Loins Sleep Tonight
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Neutralize and Break. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/break/neutralize
Break & Neutralize. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/break/neutralize>.
Neutralize or Break. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/break/neutralize.
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