[
US
/ˈkaʊntɝˌækt/
]
[ UK /kˌaʊntəɹˈækt/ ]
[ UK /kˌaʊntəɹˈækt/ ]
VERB
- act in opposition to
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destroy property or hinder normal operations
The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war -
oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions
This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues - oppose or check by a counteraction
How To Use counteract In A Sentence
- So we counteracted the alcohol with caffeine (aka "change"), the opposite substance to alcohol. Jamie Frevele: What We Are Experiencing, America, Is a GOP Hangover
- We do not know of an antidote to counteract this side effect.
- To counteract this, he has decided to send the majority of this year 's cohort into the towns and countryside. Times, Sunday Times
- Because of the invariable growth of the counteracting force known as Regionalism, or Nationalism, the Spiritual Power can not prevail.
- But barmy carbohydrate appears in starch and candy, include those consist in food to counteract the starch in be being added into treatment food and candy.
- The antiserums they stored in the banks that counteracted other forms of BHF were not working on this mutated strain, nor had ribavirin. MINUTES TO BURN
- In Nephila, increased male mortality during the adult search phase is almost exactly counteracted by reduction in juvenile male growth stages.
- You can counteract this by manipulation in the computer with your electronic paint brush.
- Authority is there to counteract the piggy part of the self, the part that wants nothing more than to wallow in muck, doing nothing, staying stubbornly inert and apathetic. An Education « Tales from the Reading Room
- By twisting her body and bracing her legs to counteract the momentum, she barely managed to prevent herself from falling face-first onto the hard, grimy pavement.