counteract
verb (used with object)
to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action.
counteractant
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a word derived from
counteract.
Example Sentences
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She surrounded herself, she steeped herself, with the East, to have, as it were, a sort of counteractant against the spell of the black-haired horse man.
From The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains by Owen Wister
But Martha had had no counteractant to soften or obliterate the thoughts of her blasted hopes.
From The Transgressors Story of a Great Sin by Francis A. Adams
I took it that the very mystery of the proceeding was in some way a counteractant to his grief.
From Dracula by Bram Stoker
What had Clay to offer as a counteractant, as an equal inspiration to the pride of this lusty nation?
From Children of the Market Place by Edgar Lee Masters
