counteracting 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of counteractingnext
as in resisting

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counteracting

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verb

present participle of counteract
as in offsetting
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for counteracting
  1. neutralizing
  2. conflicting
  3. correcting
  4. resistant
  5. competing
  6. contrary
Verb
  • The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has designed this tiny, robotic hand that could capture a virus, neutralizing its threat.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 28 Nov. 2024
  • In the private sector, companies like Anduril are preparing to scale up production following the Defense Department's focus on drone-neutralizing technologies in its latest Replicator initiative.
    Emily Hamilton, Axios, 19 Nov. 2024
Definition of neutralizing
Adjective
  • That impulse toward protectionism and away from the global economy could again set off a major fight inside the GOP as two fundamentally conflicting visions collide.
    Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Police also said that his conflicting statements, to police, the media and the public raised red flags, CBS affiliate WUSA-TV reported.
    CBS News, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of conflicting
Verb
  • When Nolan asked if Paul Mescal will star in the film, Scott initially said yes before correcting himself that Mescal’s schedule may prevent them from reuniting.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Walsh said credit is also due for correcting those systems.
    Fred Topel, Deadline, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of correcting
Adjective
  • Yet focusing solely on these metrics misses a profound shift that Forbes' 2024 list of the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women reveals: while the established hierarchies remain resistant to change, women are increasingly controlling the critical intersections where industries transform.
    Moira Forbes, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • While Queen seemed resistant to the crowd’s raucous support of the home team, Willard seemed to acknowledge that the first away game from Xfinity Center in College Park not involving a neutral venue impacted the players.
    Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of resistant
Adjective
  • Having an affordable and competing way to watch movies at home has changed some moviegoers’ habits.
    Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Both militant groups are active in the region and have issued competing claims in thee past.
    Riaz Khan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Jan. 2024
Definition of competing
Adjective
  • While the rest of the world obsesses about incorporating the color into design, technology, marketing strategies, sunglass frames and energy bras, check out these contrary colors.
    R. Daniel Foster, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Robyn was determined to be the authentic fifty-something woman who is complicated and contrary and not at all driven by being liked.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of contrary
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