counteracted

verb

Definition of counteractednext
past tense of counteract
as in offset
to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective this medication will counteract the symptoms but it won't kill the infection

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  1. offset
  2. neutralized
  3. corrected
Verb
  • This was offset by interest income on securities held in the Trust Account of $108,520 and a change in fair value of the convertible note of $66,021.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Plager, a small business owner, said his city needs to add new revenue sources to offset the growing cost of providing community services without raising taxes.
    Alexcia Negrete, Orange County Register, 12 Nov. 2024
Definition of offset
Verb
  • Most of the missiles were neutralized by American and Israeli air defense systems, as Iran targeted three Israeli military bases and the Tel Aviv headquarters of Israel’s Mossad intelligence service.
    Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Authorities say at least two individuals who opened fire on a crowd of people have been neutralized.
    Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of neutralized
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  • Halving the resolution corrected the problem, though processing the proxies wasn’t immediate, with the preview going still for a while.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 3 Oct. 2024
  • If these errors cannot be corrected, a final report should not be released and the interim report should be withdrawn.
    Alden Abbott, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of corrected
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