neutralize
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The Su‑35, he noted, is equipped for both air‑to‑air and air‑to‑ground combat, with the ability to detect and neutralize incoming cruise missiles at distances of up to 200 kilometers.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
The team set a moonshot goal: developing a single, universal protein “minibinder” that could neutralize five dominant scorpion neurotoxins across different species.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
The goal is to use the cheapest countermeasure at the earliest point to neutralize the threat, with all decisions driven by data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
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
“We had to put stuff on it to neutralize it. But you could still smell it in the air.”
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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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
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
The alliance neutralizes the otherwise fierce competition between American and JetBlue in Boston and New York, the government argued in the brief this month.
From New York Times ● Sep. 27, 2022
"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
Officials had warned that when the neutralized chemical is transferred into sealed trucks for transport and disposal, people might smell a “fruity or plastic-like odor.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
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
The loved one is shorn, neutralized, frozen in the glare of the lover’s inward eye.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
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These participants generally developed higher levels of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 and showed stronger neutralizing activity against several viral variants.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
A team that plays in an enclosed stadium never has to worry about a snowstorm neutralizing its passing game.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
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
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
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
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