counteract

[US]/ˌkaʊntərˈækt/
[UK]/ˌkaʊntərˈækt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

counteract
vt. oppose; neutralize

Phrases & Collocations

counteract the effect

counteract the impact

counteract the influence

Example Sentences

counteract a man's influence

This drug should counteract the poison.

The drug counteracts the effects of the poison.

the weight counteracts the tyre's tendency to side-slip.

The doctor gave him some medicine to counteract the effect of the poison.

should we deliberately intervene in the climate system to counteract global warming?.

The prime minister addressed the nation in an effort to counteract the damage the scandal had done to his credibility.

The contribution of groyne height reduction to counteracting unwanted erosion is then considered a favourable incidental circumstance.

For the reason why optical activity of mesomer is counteracted classical answer was not convincing.

It consists of a carefully constructed aluminum frame to counteract false vibrations with a screen or cloth overcover that is the surface on which the separation takes place.

For the reason why optical activity of mesomer is counteracted classical answer was not convincing. By use of the helix theory and stable staggered conformation answer can be obtained.

Tea can speedily absorded and oxidated in humans' bodies, and then to produce the high concentration alkalescence metabolin thus being able to counteract the acid base metabolin in blood betimes.

At last, it was buffeted by the ruin of Prussian monarchism, then attached itself to the right-wing conservative group, which further led to its incompetence to counteract Nazi's rule.

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