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So, when the glider is going downhill, its lift arrow is tilted a little bit forward and counteracts its drag.
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That force counteracts the downward pull of gravity, allowing the toys to float on both sides of the liquid’s surface.
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As a result, if the right amount of the boat is submerged, the force of buoyancy is strong enough to counteract gravity pulling the boat down, and the boat floats.
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When there’s money on the line you have to counteract any favoritism which can require self-analysis.
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One way to counteract groupthink is to encourage voters to embrace the ambiguity of what “most valuable” means.
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English influence was all-powerful at Lisbon and the new envoy had not the talent to counteract it.
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Of course the cook sought to counteract such tendencies, but he had to be very circumspect, for Sambo resented insults fiercely.
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Although it was May, a wood-fire had been lighted in her room to counteract the chilly damp of the evening.
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He told me it was to counteract the fever and produce sleep, and said that the only thing then was to keep you quiet.
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Julian Langley, not intentionally, perhaps, was continually trying to counteract the good advice which Arthur gave him.
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WORDS RELATED TO COUNTERACT
- abort
- abrogate
- annul
- balance out
- call off
- compensate for
- counteract
- counterbalance
- countercheck
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- declare invalid
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- discharge
- frustrate
- ignore
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- make up for
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- offset
- overthrow
- put an end to
- recall
- recant
- redeem
- redress
- refute
- render inert
- render null and void
- repeal
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- revoke
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- set aside
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- declare invalid
- discard
- discharge
- frustrate
- ignore
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- make up for
- negate
- neutralize
- nullify
- offset
- overthrow
- put an end to
- recall
- recant
- redeem
- redress
- refute
- render inert
- render null and void
- repeal
- repudiate
- rescind
- retract
- revoke
- rule out
- set aside
- suppress
- vacate
- void
- abort
- abrogate
- annul
- balance out
- call off
- compensate for
- counteract
- counterbalance
- countercheck
- countermand
- counterpoise
- declare invalid
- discard
- discharge
- frustrate
- ignore
- invalidate
- make up for
- negate
- neutralize
- nullify
- offset
- overthrow
- put an end to
- recall
- recant
- redeem
- redress
- refute
- render inert
- render null and void
- repeal
- repudiate
- rescind
- retract
- revoke
- rule out
- set aside
- suppress
- vacate
- void
- arrest
- baffle
- bar
- bit
- bottleneck
- bridle
- checkmate
- choke
- circumvent
- constrain
- control
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- curb
- cut short
- delay
- discourage
- foil
- frustrate
- halt
- harness
- hold
- hold back
- hold down
- hold in
- impede
- inhibit
- interrupt
- keep back
- limit
- moderate
- neutralize
- nip in the bud
- obstruct
- obviate
- pause
- play for time
- preclude
- prevent
- rebuff
- reduce
- rein in
- repress
- repulse
- retard
- slacken pace
- slow down
- snub
- squelch
- stay
- stop
- suppress
- tame
- terminate
- thwart
- withhold
- arrest
- baffle
- bar
- bit
- bottleneck
- bridle
- checkmate
- choke
- circumvent
- constrain
- control
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- curb
- cut short
- delay
- discourage
- foil
- frustrate
- halt
- harness
- hold
- hold back
- hold down
- hold in
- impede
- inhibit
- interrupt
- keep back
- limit
- moderate
- neutralize
- nip in the bud
- obstruct
- obviate
- pause
- play for time
- preclude
- prevent
- rebuff
- reduce
- rein in
- repress
- repulse
- retard
- slacken pace
- slow down
- snub
- squelch
- stay
- stop
- suppress
- tame
- terminate
- thwart
- withhold
- arrest
- baffle
- bar
- bit
- bottleneck
- bridle
- checkmate
- choke
- circumvent
- constrain
- control
- counteract
- curb
- cut short
- delay
- discourage
- foil
- frustrate
- halt
- harness
- hold
- hold back
- hold down
- hold in
- impede
- inhibit
- interrupt
- keep back
- limit
- moderate
- neutralize
- nip in the bud
- obstruct
- obviate
- pause
- play for time
- preclude
- prevent
- rebuff
- reduce
- rein in
- repress
- repulse
- retard
- slacken pace
- slow down
- snub
- squelch
- stay
- stop
- suppress
- tame
- terminate
- thwart
- withhold
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