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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Tending to counteract or oppose.
  • noun One who or that which counteracts.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Tending to counteract.
  • noun One who, or that which, counteracts.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective That counteracts

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective opposing or neutralizing or mitigating an effect by contrary action

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