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counteract

verbid 5804·updated Jun 3, 2026
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to oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions

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Variants

synonym
antagoniseantagonizecounterbalancecountercheckcountermine
pasttense
counteracted
presentparticiple
counteracting
thirdpersonsingular
counteracts
pastparticiple
counteracted

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary4 sensesview framework →
§1
to destroy property or hinder normal operations
§2
to oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions
§3
to act in opposition to
§4
to oppose or check by a counteraction
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
to oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions
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