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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : koun-ter-akt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌkaʊn tərˈækt |
Definition of counteraction
Origin :- 1670s, from counter- + act (v.). Related: Counteracted; counteracting.
- noun retaliation
- We may have the counteraction generator, but they may have something else that we don't know about.
- Extract from : « The Highest Treason » by Randall Garrett
- These are remedies which are useful in the counteraction of Scurvy and Purpura.
- Extract from : « The Action of Medicines in the System » by Frederick William Headland
- He had heard of my life, and, as a counteraction of vice, he wanted its example in the palace.
- Extract from : « The Prince of India, Volume I » by Lew. Wallace
- Counteraction is only one mode of combination; in no case is any force destroyed.
- Extract from : « Logic » by Carveth Read
- But the first counteraction came, as it ought, in the shape of a new book for children.
- Extract from : « International Weekly Miscellany, Vol. 1, No. 5, July 29, 1850 » by Various
- This necessarily leads to counteraction, and woe be to the unhappy townsman who refuses aught to his lordly patron.
- Extract from : « Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I (of II) » by Edmund Downey
- Something in the way of counteraction has been done, though not always with knowledge.
- Extract from : « Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official » by William Sleeman
- Something may be attributed in such cases to nervous excitement, which seeks relief in some counteraction.
- Extract from : « History of English Humour, Vol. 2 (of 2) » by Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange
- Leave her mind entirely free till it craves openly for some counteraction.
- Extract from : « Sandra Belloni, Complete » by George Meredith
- The second is the cause or tragic impulse of the counteraction, and stands between the climax and the fall or untying of the knot.
- Extract from : « Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism » by F. V. N. Painter
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