counteraction

English

Etymology

counter- +‎ action

Noun

counteraction (plural counteractions)

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

Related terms

• neutralization

Translations

counterattack

• Bulgarian: контраатака (bg) f (kontraataka)
• Finnish: vastaisku (fi), vastahyökkäys
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• Japanese: 反撃 (ja) (hangeki)
• Georgian: კონტრშეტევა (ḳonṭršeṭeva), კონტრიერიში (ḳonṭrieriši)

opposing action

• Bulgarian: противодействие (bg) n (protivodejstvie)
• Chinese: 抵消 (zh) (dǐxiāo)
• Finnish: vastatoimi
• Georgian: უკუქმედება (uḳukmedeba), საპირისპირო ქმედება (saṗirisṗiro kmedeba), საწინააღმდეგო ქმედება (sac̣inaaɣmdego kmedeba)
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• 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