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111counteract — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. check, thwart, nullify, negate, frustrate; counterbalance, offset; contervail, neutralize, render harmless. See opposition, compensation. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. frustrate, neutralize, invalidate;… …
112un- — I aff. a prefix meaning “not,” freely used as an English formative, giving negative or opposite force in adjectives and their derivative adverbs and nouns (unfair; unfairly; unfairness; unfelt; unseen; unfitting; unformed; unheard of; un get at… …
113React — Re*act (r[ e]*[a^]kt ), v. i. 1. To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force; as, every body reacts on the body that impels it from its natural state. [1913 Webster] 2. To act upon each other; to… …
114counteract — transitive verb Date: 1655 to make ineffective or restrain or neutralize the usually ill effects of by means of an opposite force, action, or influence < a drug used to counteract fatigue > • counteraction noun • counteractive adjective …
115Space Combat — Infobox VG| title = Space Combat developer = Laminar Research publisher = Laminar Research designer = license = Freeware engine = version = 1.4.0 a on 11 December 2004 (Mac), 1.4.0 on 24 April 2004 (Windows and Linux) released = Unknown (Mac and… …
116Italian hardcore — There was a dynamic Italian hardcore punk scene in the 1980s .80 s Hardcore BandsItalian hardcore was a strong influence, and still it does for many hardcore bands in the world.Even if important scenes took place in the U.S.A. or in U.K., in the… …
117SSME energy and power relationships — The Space Shuttle main engines are rockets that use liquid hydrogen and oxygen propellants. The ejection of propellants represents a “flow” of momentum; as a consequence of the law of conservation of momentum an equal and opposite force and… …
118react — verb a) To act or perform a second time; to do over again; as, to react a play; the same scenes were reacted at Rome. b) To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force; as, every body reacts on the… …
119counteract — coun·ter·act .kau̇nt ə rakt vt to make ineffective or restrain or neutralize the usu. ill effects of by an opposite force <vitamin K counteracts the effects of warfarin> coun·ter·ac·tion rak shən n …
120neutralize — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. nullify, cancel; offset, negate, counterbalance; destroy, defeat, overpower. See compensation, nullification. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. counterbalance, counterpoise, compensate; see offset . III… …
