counteraction

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An act of retaliation; a counterattack
Any action in opposition to a previous action
{n} opposit action, defeat
{i} working against, negation, cancelling out
action intended to nullify the effects of some previous action
Action in opposition; hindrance resistance
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To act in opposition to; to hinder, defeat, or frustrate, by contrary agency or influence; as, to counteract the effect of medicines; to counteract good advice
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to act in opposition to
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{v} to act contrary to, hinder, stop
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oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions; "This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues"
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oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions; "This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues
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oppose or check by a counteraction
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To counteract something means to reduce its effect by doing something that produces an opposite effect. My husband has to take several pills to counteract high blood pressure. to reduce or prevent the bad effect of something, by doing something that has the opposite effect
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act in opposition to
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{f} work against, cancel out, negate
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destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"
counteractions
plural of counteraction
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