- past tense form of neutralize.
- past participle of neutralize.
neutralized
Example Sentences
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The drones were neutralized without force, Giuliani said, without explaining how.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
Torres replied that the problem plant was just down the street but that authorities had mostly neutralized the situation.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 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
The loved one is shorn, neutralized, frozen in the glare of the lover’s inward eye.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
