Thesaurus / counteract
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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
- balk
- be remiss
- break rules
- contravene
- counteract
- dare
- decline
- defy
- desert
- differ
- disagree
- evade
- flout
- fly in face of
- go counter to
- ignore
- infringe
- insurrect
- misbehave
- mutiny
- neglect
- not heed
- not listen
- not mind
- object
- overstep
- pay no attention to
- rebel
- recalcitrate
- resist
- revolt
- revolution
- revolutionize
- riot
- rise in arms
- run riot
- set aside
- shirk
- strike
- take law into own hands
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- dare
- decline
- defy
- desert
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- evade
- flout
- fly in face of
- go counter to
- ignore
- infringe
- insurrect
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- mutiny
- neglect
- not heed
- not listen
- not mind
- object
- overstep
- pay no attention to
- rebel
- recalcitrate
- resist
- revolt
- revolution
- revolutionize
- riot
- rise in arms
- run riot
- set aside
- shirk
- strike
- take law into own hands
- transgress
- violate
- withstand
- annul
- arrest
- baffle
- balk
- bar
- beat
- block
- cancel
- check
- circumvent
- confront
- conquer
- counter
- counteract
- cramp
- cramp one's style
- crimp
- dash
- dash one's hope
- defeat
- depress
- discourage
- dishearten
- foil
- forbid
- forestall
- foul up
- give the run around
- halt
- hang up
- hinder
- hold up
- impede
- inhibit
- lick
- negate
- neutralize
- nullify
- obstruct
- obviate
- outwit
- overcome
- preclude
- prevent
- prohibit
- render null and void
- ruin
- stump
- stymie
- upset the applecart
- annul
- arrest
- baffle
- balk
- bar
- beat
- block
- cancel
- check
- circumvent
- confront
- conquer
- counter
- counteract
- cramp
- cramp one's style
- crimp
- dash
- dash one's hope
- defeat
- depress
- discourage
- dishearten
- foil
- forbid
- forestall
- foul up
- give the run around
- halt
- hang up
- hinder
- hold up
- impede
- inhibit
- lick
- negate
- neutralize
- nullify
- obstruct
- obviate
- outwit
- overcome
- preclude
- prevent
- prohibit
- render null and void
- ruin
- stump
- stymie
- upset the applecart
- arrest
- balk
- bar
- block
- bottleneck
- box in
- burden
- check
- choke
- clog
- contravene
- counteract
- crab
- cramp
- crimp
- cripple
- curb
- debar
- delay
- deter
- encumber
- fetter
- frustrate
- get in the way
- hamper
- hamstring
- handicap
- hog-tie
- hold back
- hold up
- impede
- inhibit
- interfere
- interrupt
- louse up
- muzzle
- neutralize
- obstruct
- offset
- oppose
- preclude
- prohibit
- resist
- retard
- shut out
- snafu
- stay
- stop
- stymie
- terminate
- thwart
- trammel
- arrest
- balk
- bar
- block
- bottleneck
- box in
- burden
- check
- choke
- clog
- contravene
- counteract
- crab
- cramp
- crimp
- cripple
- curb
- debar
- delay
- deter
- encumber
- fetter
- frustrate
- get in the way
- hamper
- hamstring
- handicap
- hog-tie
- hold back
- hold up
- impede
- inhibit
- interfere
- interrupt
- louse up
- muzzle
- neutralize
- obstruct
- offset
- oppose
- preclude
- prohibit
- resist
- retard
- shut out
- snafu
- stay
- stop
- stymie
- terminate
- thwart
- trammel
- arrest
- balk
- bar
- block
- bottleneck
- box in
- burden
- check
- choke
- clog
- contravene
- counteract
- crab
- cramp
- crimp
- cripple
- curb
- debar
- delay
- deter
- encumber
- fetter
- frustrate
- get in the way
- hamper
- hamstring
- handicap
- hog-tie
- hold back
- hold up
- impede
- inhibit
- interfere
- interrupt
- louse up
- muzzle
- neutralize
- obstruct
- offset
- oppose
- preclude
- prohibit
- resist
- retard
- shut out
- snafu
- stay
- stop
- stymie
- terminate
- thwart
- trammel
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