neutralizer

as in counter
a force or influence that makes an opposing force ineffective or less effective a police crackdown that's intended as a neutralizer on the rising violence

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Noun
  • The erratic seventh season of Love Island USA, which concludes Sunday, offers a counter (somewhat) to the form.
    Aisha Harris, NPR, 13 July 2025
  • New York — Alpha Oumar Diallo hunches over a kitchen counter at a library café in Brooklyn, his nose hovering above a plastic container of brownie batter.
    Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 13 July 2025
Noun
  • However, the proliferation of low-quality or poorly verified offsets dilutes the market's credibility and undermines climate goals.
    Dianne Plummer, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
  • That's still a huge offset to the deficit and debt projections coming from the budget bill alone.
    Kelly Evans, CNBC, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • The full menu features ten alcoholic and ten no-low ABV serves, each carefully modernized using advanced techniques, refined ingredients, and a fresh approach to balance and presentation.
    Amber Love Bond, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
  • By the late 1800s, in one of their many acts of unsettling America’s natural balance, white men had hunted wolves and mountain lions to extinction in the East.
    Helen Whybrow July 7, Literary Hub, 7 July 2025
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“Neutralizer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neutralizer. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.

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