“China sought to neutralise Australia, he said, by detaching it from the American alliance.”

“In 1991, an eight-man SAS team was dropped into northern Iraq to recon mobile Scud launchers and neutralise them.”

“In each case, the machinery of government was used against the citizens to consolidate power and neutralise opposition.”

“Competition and collaboration neutralize the distorting effects of any one scholar's biases.”

“All was at risk, and Paul used every means and power available to him to neutralize his enemies.”

“In contrast, authoritarian governmentality puts emphasis on obedient rather than free subjects in order to neutralize any opposition to authority.”

“Saltiness in foods high in umami neutralizes the bitter or metallic tastes in the wine you drink with these foods.”

“The stop bath's acidic nature rapidly neutralizes any alkaline developer which has not been removed.”

“Milk neutralizes stomach acid, making it less effective at breaking down proteins including wheat gluten.”

“If the sheet is played, it neutralises every card in the trick save the one played just before it.”

“The perchloric acid then neutralises the alkali ammonia forming crystals of ammonium perchlorate salt.”

“It neutralises the whining about failing to address the issue because it cuts to the quick.”

“Viral mutants that are not neutralised by antibodies induced by the available vaccines have been detected.”

“His unsettling ideas will be neutralised by nostalgia for a period already mostly forgotten.”

“Gulliver's power was no longer neutralised and stalemated by another player of equivalent weight.”

“When the implications of tathata are deeply understood, the ego naturally becomes neutralized.”

“There are limits to what education can achieve when its effects are neutralized by other obstacles to development.”

“Traditional constitutional devices had neutralized this democratic threat by ensuring that state power remained limited in size and scope.”

“Because of neutralizing forces of Korean tones mentioned above, the kind of tonemic patters are extremely restricted.”

“Catalase acts as a free radical scavenger by neutralizing superoxide radical anion and hydrogen peroxide.”

“In contrast, caffeine binds with phenols and tannins, thus neutralizing these effects.”

“Battersea firefighters poured soda ash down the toilet, neutralising the sulphuric acid and stopping the production of the chlorine gas.”

“Those containing magnesium or aluminium generally work by neutralising the stomach acid.”

“By neutralising concentrated acetic acid with manganous carbonate, and evaporating the solution so that crystals may form.”