1
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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2
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
What’s more, opponents have neutralized his impact as a runner in recent weeks.
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Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
But to the Rapids’ credit, both were relatively neutralized aside from Son’s stunner.
—Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2025
Essentially, first tap water flows through the filter for taste and chemical cleanup, then any microbes are neutralized with UV light.
—Francesca Krempa, Bon Appetit Magazine, 6 Oct. 2025
As long as a race isn’t neutralized, the one-stop strategy is the best option due to the amount of time a driver loses with a tire change (though the new pit lane speed limit could mitigate this), and overtaking has been difficult.
—Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Chuba Hubbard has essentially been neutralized by the scoreboard to begin the season.
—Mike Kaye
september 28, Charlotte Observer, 28 Sep. 2025
But its resonance can be easily neutralized when enjoying the M8 as a convertible.
—James Raia, Mercury News, 28 Sep. 2025
Digital settler colonialism renders digital terrain as an extension of physical spaces ripe for colonization, relying on imperial sanction to target anti-colonial subjects and their supporters as enemies that must be neutralized by any means necessary.
—Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
While the Prodigy troops have neutralized the Weyland-Yutani invasion for now, reinforcements are surely on the way.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
But to the Rapids’ credit, both were relatively neutralized aside from Son’s stunner.
—Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2025
Essentially, first tap water flows through the filter for taste and chemical cleanup, then any microbes are neutralized with UV light.
—Francesca Krempa, Bon Appetit Magazine, 6 Oct. 2025
As long as a race isn’t neutralized, the one-stop strategy is the best option due to the amount of time a driver loses with a tire change (though the new pit lane speed limit could mitigate this), and overtaking has been difficult.
—Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Chuba Hubbard has essentially been neutralized by the scoreboard to begin the season.
—Mike Kaye
september 28, Charlotte Observer, 28 Sep. 2025
But its resonance can be easily neutralized when enjoying the M8 as a convertible.
—James Raia, Mercury News, 28 Sep. 2025
Digital settler colonialism renders digital terrain as an extension of physical spaces ripe for colonization, relying on imperial sanction to target anti-colonial subjects and their supporters as enemies that must be neutralized by any means necessary.
—Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
While the Prodigy troops have neutralized the Weyland-Yutani invasion for now, reinforcements are surely on the way.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for neutralized
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Price increases are to help offset the increase in operational costs that mail carriers face during this busy time of year.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Oct. 2025
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Hochul said the state’s funding will help offset the crisis and keep food on the table for families as Washington gridlock drags on.—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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Trump was close to Abe, who was assassinated after leaving office.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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After he was assassinated in September at Utah Valley University, the first stop on his tour, TPUSA announced Carlson would speak at IU instead.—
Marissa Meador,
IndyStar,
22 Oct. 2025
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At first the dog was said to be a German shepherd mix confined in a closet, but this was later corrected to being an Australian kelpie mix in a crate.—
Joy Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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Most violations were corrected during the inspection.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Oct. 2025
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Season 1 draws from Hillerman’s novel Listening Woman about two people who are murdered in front of a blind shaman.—
Samantha Stutsman,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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In 2024, the BBC found several bots impersonating British teenagers Brianna Ghey, who was murdered in 2023, and Molly Russell, who died by suicide at 14 after viewing online material related to self-harm.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
29 Oct. 2025
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While the women accused in the infamous Salem witch trials in colonial America have long since been pardoned, the convictions of hundreds of British women executed under similar laws officially still stand.—
James Frater,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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The story of Aileen Wuornos—who murdered seven men between 1989 and 1990 and was executed by lethal injection in 2002—has long been a fixture of culture, fictionalized on TV and dramatized for film, with Charlize Theron playing the serial killer in an Oscar-winning role.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
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Firefighters whisper about a gas main as a little girl, Dinah, is carried out of the wreckage—the sole survivor of a blast that killed her mom.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
29 Oct. 2025
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As various ancient sources recount, after Achilles is killed by Paris, the Greeks resort to deception.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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