verb (used with object), hy·per·po·lar·ized, hy·per·po·lar·iz·ing. to increase the difference in electric potential across (a cell membrane).

What is meant by depolarize?

transitive verb. 1 : to cause to become partially or wholly unpolarized.

What is the opposite of potential?

potential. Antonyms: actual, explicit, developed, objective, real, express. Synonyms: possible, implicit, undeveloped, germinative, immanent, virtual.