NEUTRALIZED Synonyms: 71 Similar and Opposite Words

neutralized

verb

past tense of neutralize

as in offset

to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective a pro-government rally that is intended to neutralize the antiwar demonstrations

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as in assassinated

to put to death deliberately orders to find the renegade colonel and to neutralize him

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Recent Examples of neutralized Nearly four hours were spent neutralized behind the safety car, with 16 cautions that prevented this year’s race from ever really developing a rhythm. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026 During last month's Águila Alta operation in the Tijuana-San Diego area, the defense ministry said Mexican forces neutralized five drones, detained one person and seized a gun, magazines and ammunition. — Armando Regil Velasco, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026 The air force said that five missiles and 155 drones were destroyed or neutralized, with impacts reported across 18 locations. — David Brennan, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026 Besides her 12 kills and 23 digs, Steger provided steady service pressure that neutralized opponents’ offenses. — David Kiefer, Mercury News, 28 Sep. 2026 Bad guys vanquished… or at the very least, viable scapegoats neutralized. — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2026 Writing on Facebook on Tuesday, Lithuanian Defense Minister Robertas Kaunas said an explosive device was detected on the drone and neutralized by bomb-disposal experts. — Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026 The drone was equipped with an explosive device, which was neutralized by bomb disposal experts, according to the Lithuanian Ministry of Defense. — Arina Porkhovnik, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026 Such repressive moves are routine in Putin’s Russia, the default operations of a governing system that long ago neutralized contests between political visions or clashes of rival parties. — Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 2026

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This cycle of price increases serves not only to offset immediate fuel price spikes, but also to make up for unadjusted pricing power lost in recent years due to flight overcapacity, fare suppression, and persistent inflation.

— , CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
But private developers and homeowners will want higher rents to offset their investments, especially because construction and labor costs have skyrocketed since the COVID-19 pandemic.

— Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

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In Cucuta, next to the border with Venezuela, authorities are investigating the murder of a former deputy mayor, who was assassinated on Monday night while on his way home.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026
In Cucuta, next to the border with Venezuela, authorities are investigating the murder of a former deputy mayor, who was assassinated Monday night on his way home.

— Manuel Rueda, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026

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This was a violation at the opening inspection and was to be corrected prior to opening.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
Politico corrected a report from last week on the role that Donald Trump‘s Chief of Staff Susie Wiles played preceding the exit of Katie Zacharia as White House press secretary.

— Ted Johnson, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of corrected

Verb

During this same time his father had vanished behind the Bamboo Curtain and was almost certainly persecuted, possibly even murdered, by the same Communists that Hoover claimed to be fighting.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
New or expecting mothers are more likely to be murdered than to die from obstetric causes.

— Michele Decker, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of murdered

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Smartly, Fischer and Wilson build out this community with its own strange customs, big and small, each executed without explanation, question or complaint.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
The researchers worked with RISC-V assembly code, which represents instructions executed by a processor.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 22 Oct. 2026

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Three people were killed after two helicopters collided midair near an airport in Oregon on Thursday afternoon, October 29, prompting an investigation by federal aviation authorities.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
The presidency has been vacant since President Jovenel Moïse was killed in 2021.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026

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