Moreover, in their own stronghold they would prove a terribly formidable enemy, and the king's troops were only twice their number, odds which the advantage of the ground would go far to neutralise.
"The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley"
Bertram Mitford
Both seemed to neutralise each other.
"On Snake-Poison: its Action and its Antidote"
A. Mueller
But in a party division the Conservative would neutralise one of the Liberals, so that Manchester would count for only one vote, and would, therefore, have only half as much weight as a much smaller borough with two members both belonging to the same party.
"The Government of England (Vol. I)"
A. Lawrence Lowell