neutralizing

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Nonetheless, officials wanted to inject a neutralizing agent into that second tank, so that if the primary failing tank explodes, it doesn’t cause an even greater blast by igniting the second tank.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

But Iranian forces continue to operate mobile systems and launch retaliatory attacks, underscoring the regime’s resilience and the difficulty of neutralizing its long‑range capabilities completely.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

Followers of the 200-day moving average could buy and sell easily — effectively neutralizing the strategy.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026

Just to be sure, though, the soldiers cracked two raw chicken eggs on his head and smeared the contents over his body, a traditional method for neutralizing the supernatural.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

He saw that they must be offset by some type of neutralizing particles, which he called neutrons.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson