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counteract

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
counteract/kaʊntərˈakt/

▶verb act against (something) in order to reduce its force or neutralize it.

– derivatives
counteraction noun,
counteractive adjective.

'counteract' also found in these Oxford entries:

antidote - antigravity - compensate - corrective - countermeasure - Le Chatelier's principle

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