neutralize
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The opposing game plan would be to neutralize them and keep the game close enough to where one or two big swings can make the difference.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
This occurs when reactive molecules build up faster than the body's protective systems can neutralize them, potentially damaging cells and tissues over time.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
The team is now testing whether a fast-dissolving mineral called olivine could be used to neutralize the acidic runoff without releasing carbon, potentially cutting emissions drastically.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
Another is ocean alkalinity, in which alkaline rocks are dispersed in the sea to capture carbon and neutralize it in seawater.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
“Send Palaemon and his legion of sharks to the western front. We have to neutralize those leviathans.”
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
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But building alternatives neutralizes the strait as a weapon, said Robin Mills, chief executive of Dubai-based consulting firm Qamar Energy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
That it’s a woman who ultimately neutralizes Homelander shielding is a kind of poetic justice.
From Salon ● May 24, 2026
A class of bNAbs called 10E8 is a priority for HIV vaccine development because it neutralizes a particularly broad range of HIV variants.
From Science Daily ● May 30, 2024
But this reduction of the character neutralizes the drama’s complexity.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2024
"A treat for your feet. Made from all natural ingredients, it neutralizes odor-causing fungi and bacteria. Plus, you'll like the tingle."
From "Holes" by Louis Sachar
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What are rising mortgage rates and utility bills when you’ve been neutralized by some bioweapon engineered by a collective of scheming AI agents, recursively self-improving their way to planetary domination?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
The mixtures completely neutralized the lethal effects of rattlesnake venom and also provided broad protection against venom from multiple viper species, including species separated by millions of years of evolution.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026
Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, alias 'Nino Guerrero,' was "neutralized" in southeastern Bolivar state, Venezuela's Ministry of Communications said in a statement Friday.
From Barron's ● Jun. 13, 2026
The Health Care Agency also said that the planned move of neutralized MMA from GKN Aerospace’s storage tanks didn’t happen on Thursday and Friday, and will be rescheduled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
Any man within visiting distance would have been neutralized as a lover—“brother,” “younger brother,” “older brother”—one hundred and fifteen relationship titles.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
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The UN Security Council last year gave its approval to a new international Gang Suppression Force tasked with neutralizing the groups.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
"By identifying an internal brake that had until now gone unrecognized and by developing antibodies capable of neutralizing it, our researchers are offering an innovative solution to the limitations of current treatments," he said.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 9, 2026
This would’ve been a good solution had they been able to get the neutralizing agent in the 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
And then, when nothing happened—as nothing would—he would apply the neutralizing compound to deactivate it so it didn’t just drip down the impervious metal and eat its way into the ground.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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