verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
effect
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Smile for Safety Week aims to counteract the effects of stress and tension, the biggest health destroyers and causes of accidents.
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Perm Revitaliser from TiGi Linea is designed to counteract the relaxing effects that everyday shampooing can have on your perm.
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Anticipated entry must be probable, rapid, and sufficient to counteract these effects .
tendency
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The neo-populist view points to a variety of factors which counteracted the tendency of commercialization to foster differentiation.
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If you concentrate on the gold, you counteract the tendency to get too empathetic.
■ VERB
help
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Luckily Pond's moisturisers help counteract this by replacing essential moisture.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Taking vitamins can counteract some bad eating habits.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Acceptance, shown by affection, can counteract those feelings.
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As early as the 1840s, it was suggested that the efficiency of the lens could be counteracted by using faulty ones.
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Because of the invariable growth of the counteracting force known as Regionalism, or Nationalism, the Spiritual Power can not prevail.
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Franz Kafka perfectly exemplifies the efficacy of art in counteracting emotional wounds, if not in healing them.
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Many contain potassium salts to counteract the loss of potassium ions from the body during diarrhoea.
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Some academics try to counteract this trend by trying to identify the bright sparks and arrange special seminars for them.
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Sometimes, rosemary or balm was added to the bran to counteract the smell of decomposition.
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Town halls should make an all out effort for interest and warmth to counteract the pervasive greyness outside.