neutralized

Example Sentences

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After a short period of lockdown when authorities advised area residents to stay inside, San Diego police announced that the threat at the center had been "neutralized."

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

But here’s the jujitsu move: McElroy then neutralized O’Connor’s order to enforce the subpoena by nullifying the subpoena itself, because the DOJ had failed to identify any possible law-breaking by the hospital.

From Slate • May 18, 2026

“Euphemistic speech is the highest form of thinking, human intelligence, an elegant, ‘veiled,’ neutralized, softened figurative expression of reality,” Xilola Inomovna Ismailova, an English teacher at Kokand State University, wrote last year.

From Salon • May 8, 2026

Asymmetric warfare may be neutralized, until something else comes along.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

We had neutralized the worst warders and befriended the more reasonable ones, though the authorities realized this and rotated warders every few months.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela