1
as in offsets
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 assassinates
to put to death deliberately
orders to find the renegade colonel and to neutralize him
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Fundamental rights are rights the state is not supposed to deprive you of except under circumstances where the public good overwhelmingly outweighs the private harm.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025 -
Van brushes that off; being rescued outweighs all those fears.—
Esther Zuckerman,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Occasionally, a lone genius comes up with a brilliant idea, and everyone else simply executes it.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
10 Apr. 2025
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The command-and-control model of management, once seen as a necessary discipline, loses relevance in environments where AI autonomously executes operational mandates.—
Steven Kawasumi,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Neutralizes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neutralizes. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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