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counteract
verb as in do opposing action
Example Sentences
However, cancer patients may be at a disadvantage because their therapy, by blocking these same checkpoints, may counteract the anti-inflammatory benefits of fat reduction.
To counteract these health effects, women may be prescribed hormone replacement therapy involving medicines containing hormones or hormone-like substances.
Simufilam, which was supposed to counteract protein changes driving Alzheimer’s, failed to meet any primary, secondary, or exploratory end points, the company said.
Putin claimed it travelled at 10 times the speed of sound - and that there are "no ways of counteracting this weapon".
Insecticides have been used for centuries to counteract widespread pest damage to valuable food crops.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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