neutralize
verb (used with object)
to make neutral; cause to undergo neutralization.
has neutralized
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present perfectof neutralize (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Once one of the toughest road arenas in the NHL, Philadelphia’s poor record and lackluster play for the last three months has neutralized any home-ice advantage.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 1, 2022
Utah has neutralized opposing offenses well this season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2021
It’s not as if he has neutralized his vulnerabilities.
From New York Times ● Feb. 22, 2020
By choosing Mr. Amin, the president’s defenders argue, he not only has neutralized the religion factor, but might have prevented it from spilling over into violence against minorities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2018
It has outlawed the dumdum bullet, it has enforced radical sanitary measures, it has neutralized the Red Cross and brought its ministrations to the relief of the sufferings of war.
From Prize Orations of the Intercollegiate Peace Association by Stephen Francis Weston
