counteract
verb (used with object)
to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action.
had counteracted
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past perfectof counteract.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Prof Appleby said this was because new inflation figures, which were higher than expected, had counteracted the small rises for the NHS in England that were announced last autumn.
From BBC ● May 25, 2011
The emetics had counteracted the poison, and my patients, although weakly, were quite out of danger.
From Ismailia by Sir Samuel White Baker
Meanwhile Gabrielle, by her unbridled vanity, had counteracted all the exertions of her partisans.
From The Life of Marie de Medicis — Volume 1 by Julia Pardoe
A bit of hard brain fibre from her father had counteracted any over-sentimental folly in the maternal heritage.
From The Red Planet by William John Locke
But the wise mother had counteracted the working of the law by sitting a little while every day.
From The Backwoodsmen by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts
