counteraction
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6.3
- noun
- /ˌkaʊntərˈækʃən/
:
contrarresto
- Russians are prone to believe that however peaceful and moderate their policy on Iraqi issues is going to be, they will still need to face American counteraction and hostility.
- take counteraction
Examples
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Over time, the response to American hegemony may escalate from resentment and dissent to opposition and collective counteraction.
Academic text (1999) -
Increasingly, they assert that "now that the United States is seeking to attack us by force of arms, we have no choice but to take strong counteraction against it."
Academic text (2003) -
Sooner or later, and probably sooner, Dagger would feel that he had to take some kind of counteraction.
Fiction book (2001) -
I have been advised that there is a very real possibility that unless we take effective counteractions, there could be an epidemic of this dangerous disease next fall and winter here in the United States.
Academic text (2005) -
Ideally, such counteraction begins in early childhood education and is sustained over the K-16 experiences of Latinos and other nondominant majority schoolchildren.
Academic text (2011) -
After India's tests, the Clinton administration sought to nudge New Delhi in directions that would limit counteractions by China and Pakistan and, above all, prevent an Indo-Pakistani nuclear war.
Academic text (2006) -
Beijing felt compelled to align itself with all the other major states after September 11, both to preclude international opprobrium and to avoid offending the United States at a time when Americans were motivated and mobilized to take strong counteraction.
Academic text (2003) -
The government has implemented strict regulations as a counteraction to pollution in the city.
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To prevent the spread of the virus, the health department proposed various counteractions including vaccination campaigns.
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Effective counteraction is necessary to address the negative impacts of climate change on local ecosystems.
Synonyms
221
2.4
Stopping something harmful from happening
42
3.4
Actions to limit the bad effects of a problem, for example to protect a reputation
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6.5
Something that prevents or reduces harm
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5.6
Action that reduces the harm or seriousness of something
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6.7
An action to respond to an opponent and get back an advantage
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4.2
An action that reverses the effect of a previous action
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6.7
Cancelling the effect of something that was done earlier
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5.9
A response that cancels a previous action
Actions taken to oppose or stop something
Stopping something before it happens by acting early
A movement in the opposite direction to balance another movement
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Etymology
The word counteraction is made of counter ('against') and action ('doing something'). So a counteraction is something you do to work against another action, like a counterattack or a step to reduce or stop harm.