COUNTERACT Synonyms

• make politically neutral and thus inoffensive

• make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of

• oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions

• get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing

• make incapable of military action

• make chemically neutral

• cause the downfall of; of rulers

• corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality

• destroy property or hinder normal operations

• to raze to the ground, also figuratively

• destroy property or hinder normal operations

• hollow out as if making a cave or opening

• declare invalid

• cancel officially

• a written order directing a bank to pay money

• an appraisal of the state of affairs

• the bill in a restaurant

• the state of inactivity following an interruption

• additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct

• the act of inspecting or verifying

• a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.

• something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

• a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something

• a textile pattern of squares or crossed lines (resembling a checkerboard)

• the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess

• obstructing an opponent in ice hockey

• (chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king

• examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition

• make an examination or investigation

• be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something

• lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits

• stop for a moment, as if out of uncertainty or caution

• put a check mark on or near or next to

• slow the growth or development of

• be verified or confirmed; pass inspection

• be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics

• block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey

• develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control

• consign for shipment on a vehicle

• hand over something to somebody as for temporary safekeeping

• abandon the intended prey, turn, and pursue an inferior prey

• stop in a chase especially when scent is lost

• mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on

• decline to initiate betting

• hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of

• place into check

• write out a check on a bank account

• find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort

• verify by consulting a source or authority

• arrest the motion (of something) abruptly

• make cracks or chinks in

• become fractured; break or crack on the surface only

• an engagement fought between two military forces

• the act of fighting; any contest or struggle

• battle or contend against in or as if in a battle

• a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal

• anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities

• a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through

• picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector

• a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button

• enhance by contrast

• hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of

• cover or back with foil

• hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of

• treat cruelly

• located at or near the back of an animal

• be a hindrance or obstacle to

• hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of

• put at a disadvantage

• be a hindrance or obstacle to

• block passage through

• declare invalid

• make invalid for use

• show to be invalid

• take away the legal force of or render ineffective

• be in contradiction with

• deny the truth of

• prove negative; show to be false

• make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of

• declare invalid

• show to be invalid

• make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of

• the time at which something is supposed to begin

• a compensating equivalent

• a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips

• a natural consequence of development

• a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper

• structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly

• compensate for or counterbalance

• make up for

• cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface

• create an offset in

• produce by offset printing

• be against; express opposition to

• fight against or resist strongly

• contrast with equal weight or force

• set into opposition or rivalry

• act against or in opposition to

• be resistant to

• the act of upsetting something

• an improbable and unexpected victory

• turn from an upright or normal position

• cause to overturn from an upright or normal position

• rule against

• cause the downfall of; of rulers

• cancel officially

• change radically

• put down by force or intimidation

• declare invalid

• elude, especially in a baffling way

• stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something

• express opposition through action or words

• withstand the force of something

• resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ

• refuse to comply

• of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle

• a relation of direct opposition

• the gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed

• an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating

• the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design

• (American football) a running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction

• turning in the opposite direction

• directed or moving toward the rear

• reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect

• change to the contrary

• turn inside out or upside down

• rule against

• cancel officially

• reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of