Definition of "neutralizing" []

• Alternative spelling of neutralising; present participle of neutralize. (verb)

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• "The only reason the House and Senate passed bills this time around is that the Obama administration was effective in neutralizing some of the oppostion to health care reform – something the Clintons failed to do."
• "Of course the democratic response, of placing a rising tax burden on fewer and fewer voters, has been highly effective in neutralizing this strategy."
• "Prof. WIENER: Yeah, neutralizing is one of the scary words which appear in the file."