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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
Each dog adopted from the Bradshaw Animal Shelter will be spayed or neutered, vaccinated, and microchipped. Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 5 Aug. 2026 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 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
  • Together, the altered magnetite and crystalline hematite provide new evidence that water played an important role in reshaping the planet's surface.
    Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • He was also known to cheat at dice sometimes, by playing with altered dice.
    Jenisha Watts, The Atlantic, 2 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • This is because the total number of roster spots across Division I is fixed, so one athlete taking a slot displaces another.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The president promised on Monday that it would be fixed and reopened in two weeks at most.
    Emily Chang, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Ted Lasso, forever more interested in preserving an atmosphere of sterile niceness than grappling with complex humanity, isn’t it.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2026
  • West designs and manufactures elastomer stoppers and seals that keep vials sterile, prefillable syringe systems and self-injection cartridges, and wearable patch injectors for continuous drug delivery.
    Harvey Stober, CNBC, 5 Aug. 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
  • And that’s the main tension this season, as Beau is feeling emasculated by the dynamic.
    Marlow Stern, Variety, 30 July 2026
  • 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

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“Neutered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neutered. Accessed 8 Aug. 2026.

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