counteract
IPA: kˈaʊntɝækt
noun
- An action performed in opposition to another action.
verb
- To have a contrary or opposing effect or force on
- To deliberately act in opposition to, to thwart or frustrate
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Examples of "counteract" in Sentences
- At this point, does the McCain campaign do something to kind of counteract that?
- Another influence we have to counteract is that of newspaper headings and placards which catch the eye of children in the streets and appeal so powerfully to their imagination.
- As in the case of the first invariance theorem, the mechanism which generates this conclusion is that investors in the capital market can "counteract" changes in firms 'financial structure.
- That's a very large range of possible totals... and given that the total forcing is so uncertain there seems to be no basis at all for thinking that you must "counteract" a smaller estimate of the aerosol forcing.
- To ease symptoms, your doctor might change the drug or dose, or add another drug to help counteract akathisia, such as a beta-blocker or a benzodiazepine like clonazepam Klonopin and generic. metoclopramideprochlorperazine
- To ease symptoms, your doctor might change the drug or dose, or add another drug to help counteract akathisia, such as a beta-blocker or a benzodiazepine like clonazepam (Klonopin and generic). metoclopramideprochlorperazine
- We're working on some other products right now so that even though some items might be going up, we may be also introducing really great values in certain commodity areas to kind of counteract maybe some other areas or prices may be going up.
- Abigail Van Slyck, author of "A Manufactured Wilderness: Summer Camps and the Shaping of American Youth (1890-1960)," notes that early camps were part of a back-to-nature trend intended to "counteract" the "softness of the modern home environment" and the evils of urban life.
- In fact, the information that Nick provides raises even more questions: If Miller did know about Levine's argument for materialism and recognized it as inappropriate for a biology textbook, why didn't he tell Levine to remove it (like he did with the "random and undirected" statement), instead of trying to "counteract" it with some irrelevant handwaving?
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