counteract
[ koun-ter-akt ]
verb (used with object)
to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action.
Origin of counteract
1Other words for counteract
Other words from counteract
- coun·ter·ac·tant, adjective
- coun·ter·act·er, coun·ter·ac·tor, noun
- coun·ter·act·ing·ly, adverb
- coun·ter·ac·tion, noun
- coun·ter·ac·tive, adjective
- coun·ter·ac·tive·ly, adverb
- non·coun·ter·ac·tive, adjective
- un·coun·ter·act·ed, adjective
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How to use counteract in a sentence
Loosening immigration further is a strange way to counter-act the ill effects of past immigration.
That will I; for it will be good fun to counter-act some of his mischief.
Household stories from the Land of Hofer | R. H. BuskHe met that supreme act of authority by the counter act of removing the Pope's name from the diptychs.
The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI | Thomas W. (Thomas William) Allies
British Dictionary definitions for counteract
counteract
/ (ˌkaʊntərˈækt) /
verb
(tr) to oppose, neutralize, or mitigate the effects of by contrary action; check
Derived forms of counteract
- counteraction, noun
- counteractive, adjective
- counteractively, adverb
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