counteraction

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counteraction

noun counteractions

  1. countable, uncountable An act of retaliation; a counterattack.
  2. countable, uncountable Any action in opposition to a previous action. On the other hand, it can be observed that, with small exceptions, the S. pneumonia strains are the only Streptococci equipped with homospermidine biosynthesis and pyruvate oxidation pathways, which have been found to be involved in pathogenicity mechanisms [50 ] and in the counteraction of oxidativ

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noun counterattack

日本語反撃 hangeki
Italianocontrattacco

noun opposing action

日本語反作用 hansayō, 中和 chūwa, 相殺 sōsai
Ελληνικάαντενέργεια antenérgeia

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@misc{counteraction_2026,
  title = {counteraction},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/counteraction},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}