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be counteracted
verb
To act in opposition to; thwart; to hinder, defeat, or frustrate, by contrary agency or influence; as, to counteract the effect of medicines; to counteract good advice.
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Too much salt needs to be counteracted with acid, cream or butter.
A walking robot, by contrast, can fall in many directions, including some that cannot easily be counteracted by a motor.
It wasn't bad, but after years of denigrating the European Union, the poison can't easily be counteracted.
Analysts said the negative effect of the economic reports could only be counteracted by positive news from corporations.
This condition can often be counteracted by adding adequate amounts of potash, a fertilizer containing potassium.
Increased restrictions on EU migrants could be counteracted by other factors, however.
Instead, a thumbs-down view will soon be counteracted by thumbs up from other readers.
Each wage earner in those regions supports more than two nonworking dependents, a problem that cannot be counteracted even by lowering unemployment rates, the bank said.
Perhaps the biggest issue would be hormonal: androgens, male sex hormones, could endanger a pregnancy and would need to be counteracted by high doses of exogenous hormones.
Even a lack of flexibility or athleticism can be counteracted with savvy and skill around the greens.
But perhaps the surge of investor demand will be counteracted by a wave of supply from governments.
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