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Most, if not all liquids, contain water, and when you dilute something with water you make it less potent and less concentrated. For example, if you spill acid on yourself, then you would dilute it with water, water weakens the acid because it dilutes it and water acts as a buffer since it's neutral on the pH scale.

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Since water has a neutral pH, adding water to dilute any acid or base forces the pH of the mixture closer to that of water, 7.

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Water is the universal solvent.

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