counteract
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
If another tree grows in the spot where your wood was harvested, it could potentially suck enough carbon out of the atmosphere to counteract the emissions of your campfire.
Covid-19 sparked a run on outdoor heaters and fire pits. Which is better for the planet? | Sarah Kaplan | December 11, 2020 | Washington PostThey will thus require just as much energy and investment to counteract.
So if you press one, that inadvertently presses other levers that counteract its effect.
We admire these do-gooders. We just don’t want to date them. | Sigal Samuel | December 4, 2020 | VoxIf the finding is broadly true for temperate trees, it could mean that these forests have a limit to how much carbon they can absorb every year, lessening their ability to counteract emissions from humans.
Climate change is affecting fall foliage, but not in the way you think | Ula Chrobak | November 30, 2020 | Popular-ScienceDesigned to counteract the effect of gravity on a pocket watch’s accuracy, the tourbillon mounts the watch’s critical timekeeping components in a rotating cage.
A Q&A with the provocative mind behind watchmaker H. Moser | Daniel Bentley | September 21, 2020 | Fortune
In the meantime the opposite party made efforts of counteraction.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. | E. Farr and E. H. NolanThis daily paper would form a very strong counteraction to the ale-house.
The Hills and the Vale | Richard JefferiesThe second is the cause or tragic impulse of the counteraction, and stands between the climax and the fall or untying of the knot.
Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism | F. V. N. PainterIt was the mighty counteraction of free labor that crushed slavery.
The Brothers' War | John Calvin ReedCatalytics may not remain beyond a certain time; their office is counteraction.
The Action of Medicines in the System | Frederick William Headland
British Dictionary definitions for counteract
/ (ˌkaʊntərˈækt) /
(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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