neutralized

past tense of neutralize

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Recent Examples of neutralized The incident had led to the race being initially neutralized behind the Safety Car before then being suspended altogether with a red flag to allow the barriers to be repaired. Luke Smith, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026 Also on Sunday, Russia’s Defense Ministry said its forces downed or neutralized almost 500 Ukrainian drones launched overnight. Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026 Although both helped mitigate the effects of the gas, urine offered some degree of chemical protection because its ammonia partially neutralized the chlorine, reducing the gas’s damaging and potentially lethal effects on the lungs. Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2026 Air defense forces and electronic warfare units shot down and neutralized 187 drones over the Moscow region, according to its governor, Andrey Vorobiev. Tim Lister, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026 These antibodies later neutralized about 16% of tetrodotoxin in laboratory tests. Jay Kakade august 05, Refractor, 5 Aug. 2026 Jade Cargill and Lash Legend faced off as US Bank Stadium cheered, but Green and Stratton broke it up and neutralized the Black amazons with 10-count punches. Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026 On the edge, Dre’Mont Jones and Bradyn Swinson were largely neutralized during 1-on-1 pass rush, and Elijah Ponder had an up-and-down day overall. Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 30 July 2026 With the damage neutralized, the cells kept producing testosterone normally. Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 29 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for neutralized
Verb
  • Roebbelen said the setup generally offsets the property’s electricity consumption, although the pool house occasionally pushed use beyond that balance.
    David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The company is backing three solar projects that Meta expects to add 645 megawatts to the grid to offset the data center’s power consumption.
    Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 4 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • In the late 1990s, there were calls for the citizenship of Yigal Amir, who assassinated former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995, to be removed.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The program tonight will include a tribute to the late republican activist Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated one year ago, and an observance of the 25th anniversary of the September 11th attacks, which is Friday.
    Tamara Keith, NPR, 10 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • There are legitimate circumstances in which content may be corrected, challenged or removed.
    Scott Keever, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • This story has been corrected to fix the spelling of Tatis' name.
    ABC News, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • When Thorwald’s wife is nowhere to be seen the next day, Jeff is convinced that Thorwald murdered and dismembered her.
    David Faris, TheWeek, 14 Sep. 2026
  • And though the plot of Kidman’s abusive boyfriend Jimmy Angelov (played by Goran Visnjic) felt jarring to some, Dunne personally related, as his sister, actress Dominique Dunne, was murdered by her ex in 1982.
    Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The state’s order throws into question how these contracts will now be executed.
    Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Chardonnay, an Australian shepherd, recently executed an extraordinary feat, jumping along the backs of 56 people in 60 seconds.
    Mike Snider, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Some earlier assassins expected it of themselves, canceling plots that would have killed bystanders.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
  • In Georgia, the execution of a man who killed two real estate agents had also been scheduled for Wednesday but was halted by a judge's late-night decision a day before he was scheduled to die.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026

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“Neutralized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neutralized. Accessed 18 Sep. 2026.

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