counteract
verb (used with object)
to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action.
has counteracted
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present perfectof counteract (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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She has counteracted the worries about her condition with an impressive show of vigor: nearly a dozen speaking engagements over the past month-plus, traveling to Buffalo, Chicago, Little Rock, New York and elsewhere.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 6, 2019
Such has always been the case, except so far as the influence of revelation has counteracted the evils of the fall, such is the case to-day.
From True Woman, The A Series of Discourses by Justin D. Fulton
It is, I venture to think, a very superficial criticism which suggests that under his guidance the policy of this country has ignored, still less that it has counteracted and hampered, the concert of Europe.
From New York Times Current History: The European War from the Beginning to March 1915, Vol 1, No. 2 Who Began the War, and Why? by Various
Luckily love, even in its sensual stages, has counteracted this parental selfishness and myopia by inducing young folks to marry for health, youth, and beauty, and creating an aversion to old age, disease, and deformity.
From Primitive Love and Love-Stories by Henry Theophilus Finck
But the narrow policy of man has counteracted the instincts and the bounties of nature.
From The Commercial Restraints of Ireland by John Hely Hutchinson
