counteract
verb (used with object)
to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action.
counteractive
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a word derived from
counteract.
Example Sentences
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Sepsis is “an incredibly robust reaction to fight infection” that becomes essentially counteractive, Azar said.
From MSNBC ● Jun. 5, 2016
Even changes as radical as moving habitats from water to land can be mitigated by counteractive niche construction.
From Scientific American ● May 22, 2013
Then Sir Douglas told of the counteractive efforts of his sales agencies in opening up new territory even in remote Belgian Congo; in introducing machines to 338,000 pupils in 12,000 European school classes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ages ago our yogis discovered that pure metals emit an astral light which is powerfully counteractive to negative pulls of the planets.
From Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
No counteractive effect to this prepossession was to be found in contemporary opinion in Europe.
From Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
