Crossword clues for counteract
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Counteract \Coun`ter*act"\ (koun`t?r-?kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Counteracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Counteracting.] To act in opposition to; to hinder, defeat, or frustrate, by contrary agency or influence; as, to counteract the effect of medicines; to counteract good advice.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
vb. To act in opposition to; thwart; to hinder, defeat, or frustrate, by contrary agency or influence; as, to counteract the effect of medicines; to counteract good advice.
WordNet
v. act in opposition to [syn: antagonize, antagonise]
oppose or check by a counteraction [syn: countercheck]
oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions; "This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues" [syn: countervail, neutralize, counterbalance]
destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war" [syn: sabotage, undermine, countermine, subvert, weaken]
Usage examples of "counteract".
Though he opposed the Kantian philosophy, because of its petrifying tendency, his antagonism was counteracted by others of the Weimar celebrities.
That Tippoo intended to renew the war, as soon as he was able, was well known to the government, and one of its chief objects of solicitude was the endeavour to counteract the secret negotiations that were constantly going on between him, the Nizam, and the Mahrattis.
When a muscle is stretched, the proprioceptive nerve endings within it are the receptors of a reflex arc of which the effectors act to bring about a contraction that tends to counteract whatever force is bringing about the stretching.
If I give him epinephrine, it would counteract the vasodilation, but in his weakened state, it could kill him.
Nothing less than his exploits and bravery would counteract the disgrace that burdened the Veta name.
This fidelity the French and their adherents counteracted by another kind of devotion: the priests affirmed that St.
The ampler horizon it presented, the loftier ideals it set up, the counteracting agency it supplied to the sordidness of motive and act which, left unchecked, was certain to overwhelm the national spirit--all these were enforced by him again and again with clearness and effectiveness.
People do not care, to know the circumstances which might counteract the slander, but only those, likely to give it new force for slander is vastly relished in the Holy City.
In short, the upper and lower currents would, in a manner, counteract each other.
Softly used to counteract serious remarks about religion, the supernatural or the fuzzier edges of quantum physics.
I said I had heard that watches sometimes got magnetised, and went on in the most erratic manner until the magnetism was counteracted.
You would be crushed to death, for three or four feet of water are not sufficient to counteract the effect of a fall from such a height.
I kept a little right aileron and some left rudder to counteract the slight crosswind and, when the plane came up on the ground effect, I held it there, ten feet off the ground, and pulled in the flaps while I waited for the airspeed to build up to V sub y, best rate of climb.
Should they accidentally come in contact with the toxic fumes because of a leakage, each man carried amyl nitrate capsules to counteract the gas.
He popped a bicarb tablet to counteract the gallons of tea he had consumed during the evening.