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neutered

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verb

past tense of neuter
as in fixed
to remove the sex organs of agreed to let the children have the dog on the condition that they have her neutered

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Recent Examples of neutered
Adjective
All adoptable pets are spayed, neutered and up to date on vaccines and tests. Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026 This reader hopes that will be a rebuttal to all the dubious America 250 content flooding orgs beholden to the neutered NEA. Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 16 June 2026 The effects pouring out of the legislative, executive and even judicial branches of government in this state are about an all-powerful majority and a neutered opposition. Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2026
Verb
Now that the referee’s decision has been effectively neutered with few details as to why, the world is left to draw its own conclusions. Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026 Every pet adopted through the initiative will be spayed or neutered, be up to date on vaccinations, microchipped and licensed with the City of Elk Grove, according to the release. Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 30 June 2026 Whistleblowers previously could go to Congress or inspectors general for oversight, but those tools have been neutered. Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026 Progressives need to be neutered politically, and only moderate Democrats have the power to do it. Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 25 June 2026 Once relying on its massive missile arsenal, advances in Israeli intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance have neutered its previous strategy of relying on simultaneous barrages of missiles to overwhelm Israeli missile defenses. Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 24 June 2026 The rescue group said some of the beagles will go to other rescue groups while others will be sent to its Florida and Alabama campuses where they will be spayed, neutered, and prepared for adoption. ABC News, 15 June 2026 Some of the pigs rescued were pregnant or nursing after recently giving birth, and others still have to be spayed or neutered. Josh Taylor, CBS News, 11 June 2026 With his rakish sneer and ruthlessly tight jodhpurs, Rupert has been thoroughly neutered with irony, transformed into an object for women to pick at. Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for neutered
Adjective
  • With a catheter inserted into a vein, intravenous tubing fitted and a syringe pump loaded and primed, the subject waits as the bed retracts until his brain is centered within the great coils of an MRI machine calibrated to map altered brain states.
    Charles Moss, SPIN, 16 July 2026
  • Sixty years later Gallimard reissued it under the altered title of La maison d’Élisabeth.
    André Aciman, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
Verb
  • The company then fixed the vulnerability, kicked out the attacker, and improved its detection and security guardrails.
    Emily Forlini, Fortune, 20 July 2026
  • Copyright, by contrast, the protection that once attached the moment a work was fixed in a tangible medium, has entered the most turbulent stretch of its existence.
    Charles Lew, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Adjective
  • Fahmy says these elements can impart a warmth that makes a space feel less sterile.
    Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 July 2026
  • Some arrive in sterile-looking vials, often promoted by fitness influencers.
    Robert Glatter, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Adjective
  • Republicans want to scare voters into thinking that if Democrats win the midterm elections, the United States will be on the road to a future in which the Senate is no more—or is, at best, an impotent debate club for elderly statesmen.
    Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026
  • There is no denying that a partner can feel impotent in that moment, but the notion that being absent entirely would improve matters for anyone is laughable.
    Jack Lang, New York Times, 21 June 2026
Adjective
  • By contrast, Gercke’s emasculated George speaks in the monotonous style of a man worn down by life.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Squeaky voices were comic, or emasculated.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Feb. 2026

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“Neutered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neutered. Accessed 25 Jul. 2026.

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