Crossword clues for counteraction
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Counteraction \Coun`ter*ac"tion\ (koun`t?r-?k"sh?n), n. Action in opposition; hindrance resistance.
[They] do not . . . overcome the counteraction of a
false principle or of stubborn partiality.
--Johnson.
Wiktionary
n. 1 An act of retaliation; a counterattack 2 Any action in opposition to a previous action.
WordNet
n. action intended to nullify the effects of some previous action [syn: neutralization, neutralisation]
Usage examples of "counteraction".
But it is also a heterotopia insofar as the mirror does exist in reality, where it exerts a sort of counteraction on the position that I occupy.
And this time Lugaid did not smile, for possibilities of counteractions took shape in his mind nigh as swiftly as plots.
In spite of all his actions and counteractions here he was just where the plotters wanted him to be.
Some of the worst-case outcomes were going to require counteractions that he would have to undertake by himself, through private and discreet ventures—including the ultimate fallback of evacuating his entire family from Commonwealth space altogether.
It is your future, and the future of every other man, that is being decided by the actions and counteractions of the companies and the humanitarian worlds.
Wherefore the ecclesiastical judge must take particular note whether the methods used in counteraction of hailstorms and tempests are within the spirit of the law, or whether they are in any way superstitious.
The biggest threat right now were the Californian influence peddler Cade and the CounterAction woman known as Kestrel, who had gotten away from the motel in Chattanooga minutes ahead of the security forces after killing the ISS undercover agent Ruby.