counteraction

English

Etymology

counter- +‎ action

Noun

counteraction (plural counteractions)

An act of retaliation; a counterattack
Any action in opposition to a previous action.

Related terms

neutralization

Translations

counterattack

Azerbaijani: əks-hərəkət, əks-hücum
Bulgarian: контраатака (bg) f (kontraataka)
Finnish: vastaisku (fi), vastahyökkäys
Georgian: კონტრშეტევა (ḳonṭršeṭeva), კონტრიერიში (ḳonṭrieriši)
Italian: contrattacco (it)
Japanese: 反撃 (ja) (hangeki)

opposing action

Azerbaijani: əks-hərəkət
Bulgarian: противодействие (bg) n (protivodejstvie)
Chinese: 抵消 (zh) (dǐxiāo)
Finnish: vastatoimi
Georgian: უკუქმედება (uḳukmedeba), საპირისპირო ქმედება (saṗirisṗiro kmedeba), საწინააღმდეგო ქმედება (sac̣inaaɣmdego kmedeba)
Greek: αντενέργεια (el) f (antenérgeia)
Irish: frithbheart m, frithghníomh m
Japanese: 反作用 (ja) (hansayō), 中和 (ja) (chūwa), 相殺 (ja) (sōsai)

Anagrams

countercation

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