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The 80th captured the gun; and the enemy, dismayed by this countercheck, did not venture to press on further.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND IN THREE VOLUMES, VOL.III.E. FARR AND E. H. NOLANThe dogmatic arrogance of the Utilitarians was not unnaturally met by an equally arrogant countercheck.
THE ENGLISH UTILITARIANS, VOLUME II (OF 3)LESLIE STEPHENThe countercheck was effectual, and from her position of vantage the lady fired her first shot.
SOMEHOW GOODWILLIAM DE MORGANThe beautiful simplicity of the countercheck aroused Matt's admiration.
MOTOR MATT'S AIR SHIPSTANLEY R. MATTHEWSThat word fell on his ear for the first time from a white man's lips, and the stupefaction of it was a countercheck to his grief.
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY, VOLUME 15, NO. 90, APRIL, 1865VARIOUSIts use as a countercheck in this Order is best exemplified in the common water-beetle (Dytiscus marginalis).
AN INTRODUCTION TO ENTOMOLOGY: VOL. III (OF 4)WILLIAM KIRBYThe retort courteous, if not even the countercheck quarrelsome, "Then why do you notice it?"
A HISTORY OF THE FRENCH NOVEL, VOL. 2GEORGE SAINTSBURYWORDS RELATED TO COUNTERCHECK
- adjust
- amend
- annul
- balance
- cancel
- compensate
- correct
- counteract
- countercheck
- dial back
- ease
- even out
- frustrate
- make amends
- make reparation
- make restitution
- make up for
- mend
- negate
- negative
- neutralize
- pay for
- pay one's dues
- put right
- recalibrate
- recompense
- reform
- regulate
- relieve
- remedy
- repair
- restore
- revise
- square
- turn around
- turn over new leaf
- turn things around
- vindicate
- adjusted
- amended
- annulled
- balanced
- canceled
- compensated
- corrected
- counteracted
- counterchecked
- dialed back
- eased
- even out
- frustrated
- made amends
- made reparation
- made restitution
- made up for
- mended
- negated
- negatived
- neutralized
- paid for
- paid one's dues
- put right
- recalibrated
- recompensed
- reformed
- regulated
- relieved
- remedied
- repaired
- restored
- revised
- squared
- turned around
- turned over new leaf
- turned things around
- vindicated
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