Wiktionary
n. A magic spell that reverses the effects of some other previous spell.
Usage examples of "counterspell".
As those who studied them knew, the avians formulated no spell without having already conceived a counterspell.
As best she could, she cast about for a counterspell to the sorcerous transformation the chrysalides had worked on Giyan, but she knew so few spells, and none of them seemed right.
And I owe my happiness to you, wizard of wizards, master of counterspells, Kedrigern the Great!
The Wyverns swooped low, expecting Mstislav to turn it into a raven for a field goal, but with lightning a‑crackle as he fended off their counterspells, he made it into a pig ?
It isn't likely that anyone will try nymic tricks against an ordinary peaceful citizen, but you've seen how my career has gotten turbulent every once in a while, and maintaining the counterspells is a bloody nuisance‑not always reliable, either.
The Wyverns swooped low, expecting Mstislav to turn it into a raven for a field goal, but with lightning a-crackle as he fended off their counterspells, he made it into a pig # greased.
It isn't likely that anyone will try nymic tricks against an ordinary peaceful citizen, but you've seen how my career has gotten turbulent every once in a while, and maintaining the counterspells is a bloody nuisance-not always reliable, either.
He also created a spell to seek out counterspells employed to detect the spells he cast to alter information.
He stopped offensive spells by casting counterspells that hunted particular dimensional aspects.
He’s tried to protect himself with counterspells, but they’re most effective when he’s concentrating on them, and he has to sleep sometime.
Sweat tracked down through the dust on his face, and Joanna realized that, dead though Suraklin's latest body might be, his magic still lived, pressing against Antryg's hardheld counterspells with the relentless patience of a computer.
Antryg cried out again, blood tracking down from the corner of his mouth as his counterspells began to crack under the inexorable pressure of the computer's strength.
Sweat tracked down through the dust on his face, and Joanna realized that, dead though Suraklin's latest body might be, his magic still lived, pressing against Antryg's hard‑held counterspells with the relentless patience of a computer.
One after another, counterspells grappled with his cantrip, like so many children's arms trying to push aside the arm of one strong man.
Those few magickers amid the attackers reacted instantly, casting their own counterspells to fend it off.