neutralized

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Likewise, Epstein saw #MeToo as a problem to be neutralized because the success of any social movement in which women were treated as reliable narrators of their own exploitation would impede his own racket.”

From Salon • May 23, 2026

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

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

The loved one is shorn, neutralized, frozen in the glare of the lover’s inward eye.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison