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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
Corry’s group calls on the city to conduct sweeps of Skid Row to remove all dogs who do not have adequate food, water or shelter, or who are not microchipped and spayed or neutered. Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026 The cats will be spayed or neutered, vaccinated, and microchipped, too. Paris Barraza, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026 All adoption-able pets at Humane Indiana are vaccinated, tested for heartworm, dewormed, microchipped, given flea/tick and heartworm prevention, and spayed or neutered. Anna Ortiz, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for neutered
Adjective
  • The images appear to be AI-altered and falsely claim that Democratic state lawmaker Lorena Austin backs GOP candidate Andy Biggs.
    Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 9 Sep. 2026
  • It’s well known that psychedelics such as LSD can spark psychotic breaks, but meditation can produce altered states of consciousness almost as powerful as those induced by psychedelics.
    Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Out of the 26 letters of the Roman alphabet, or any writing system, an identity can be assigned, fixed—and made, if not real, then socially legible and governmentally legal.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Getty Images Auto loans are fixed once disbursed, but a Fed rate hike could push up rates on new loans at a time when car buyers are already struggling to keep up with large monthly loan payments.
    Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Decades ago, the creation and release of sterile flies to interrupt the pest’s breeding cycle was key to driving it out.
    Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Principal Andrew Kearl said work went into making sure the school, which has nearly 1,400 students, felt warm rather than sterile, the way new buildings sometimes can.
    Jonaki Mehta, NPR, 7 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • United were alarmingly impotent in a way which, even now, is strange to see and damaging for a head coach’s reputation.
    Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • 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
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 19 Sep. 2026.

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