Sentence examples for efforts to neutralize from inspiring English sources

From 58 to 56 he supported efforts to neutralize Pompey's power.

His efforts to neutralize internal dissent within the Soviet Union itself were similarly determined.

FRONT PAGE An article on Thursday about Syrian rebels' efforts to neutralize the country's air force rendered incorrectly a comment by Jamal Marouf, a rebel commander.

Skepticism over European efforts to neutralize a government debt crisis sent financial markets on a wild ride in the past month as investors fretted over increasingly gloomy scenarios.

One of the reasons this story might not have been published when it was written — in the years of Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, and U.S. wartime efforts to neutralize domestic communists and dissidents — is its political slant, fairly unfamiliar territory for Shirley.

One topic I was most curious about was his efforts to neutralize ethnic tension by passing laws that criminalize acts of "sectarianism" and "genocide ideology," which is defined as "actions which aim at propounding wickedness or inciting hatred," including "laughing at one's misfortune".

The hiring of Mr. Eckert, Mr. Black said, "appears to be part of an effort to neutralize people".

Already Chinese officials have viewed Mr. Bush's proposal for a missile shield as an effort to neutralize Beijing's comparatively small nuclear arsenal.

He said the fabrication and leak of the report were part of an effort to "neutralize the Honduran national police, which is not in favor of the government".

It is direct in its effort to neutralize Mr. Obama's widely acknowledged speaking skills by portraying his soaring oratory as lacking real substance.

Chief among those hurdles are the objections of China, which views the missile defense program as an effort to neutralize its own, small nuclear arsenal.