Synonyms for Counter-acting:

• adj.

  •corrective (adjective)
  • punitive,
  • curative,
  • remedial,
  • reformatory,
  • antidotal,
  • restorative,
  • Counteracting,
  • rehabilitative,
  • therapeutic,
  • palliative,
  • penal,
  • disciplinary.
  •reformative (adjective)
  • amendatory,
  • Emendatory.

• v.

  •antagonize (verb)
  • counteract,
  • alienate,
  • annoy,
  • insult,
  • estrange,
  • struggle,
  • offend,
  • irritate,
  • repel,
  • work against,
  • anger.
  •balance (verb)
  • equalize,
  • adjust,
  • equate,
  • readjust,
  • compensate,
  • redeem,
  • match,
  • square,
  • accord,
  • weigh,
  • come out even,
  • set,
  • even,
  • correspond,
  • attune,
  • collate,
  • parallel,
  • come out,
  • stabilize,
  • steady,
  • harmonize,
  • poise,
  • tie,
  • pair off,
  • nullify,
  • make up for,
  • level.
  •balk (verb)
  • circumvent,
  • stall,
  • cramp,
  • throw a curve,
  • baffle,
  • bar,
  • obstruct,
  • disappoint,
  • ruin,
  • upset the apple cart,
  • throw monkey wrench in,
  • beat,
  • stop,
  • disconcert,
  • dash,
  • forestall,
  • cramp one's style.
  •cancel (verb)
  • set aside,
  • put an end to,
  • revoke,
  • void,
  • refute,
  • recant,
  • abrogate,
  • discard,
  • rule out,
  • overthrow,
  • recall,
  • retract,
  • compensate for,
  • render null and void,
  • render inert,
  • suppress,
  • counterpoise,
  • declare invalid,
  • countermand,
  • call off,
  • repeal,
  • rescind,
  • balance out,
  • ignore,
  • vacate,
  • abort,
  • repudiate,
  • discharge.
  •check (verb)
  • bit,
  • discourage,
  • nip in the bud,
  • slow down,
  • withhold,
  • delay,
  • hold back,
  • choke,
  • play for time,
  • interrupt,
  • tame,
  • squelch,
  • rebuff,
  • cut short,
  • moderate,
  • obviate,
  • terminate,
  • preclude,
  • hold in,
  • inhibit,
  • constrain,
  • slacken pace,
  • bottleneck,
  • curb,
  • reduce,
  • control,
  • keep back,
  • repulse,
  • harness,
  • arrest,
  • repress,
  • impede,
  • rein in,
  • pause,
  • retard,
  • checkmate,
  • bridle,
  • limit,
  • hold down,
  • stay,
  • snub,
  • hold.
  •compensate (verb)
  • repair,
  • atone for,
  • outweigh,
  • set off,
  • make amends,
  • better,
  • improve,
  • balance.
  •contradict (verb)
  • dare,
  • counter,
  • fly in the face of,
  • take on,
  • deny,
  • disclaim,
  • call in question,
  • dispute,
  • impugn,
  • traverse,
  • Disaffirm,
  • controvert,
  • challenge,
  • disprove,
  • differ,
  • thumbs down,
  • have bone to pick,
  • gainsay,
  • belie,
  • refuse to accept,
  • confront.
  •contravene (verb)
  • disobey,
  • defy,
  • spurn,
  • intrude,
  • encroach,
  • fight,
  • transgress,
  • infringe,
  • interpose,
  • overstep,
  • reject,
  • combat,
  • breach,
  • infract,
  • exclude,
  • trespass,
  • violate,
  • interfere,
  • abjure,
  • conflict with,
  • break.
  •counter (verb)
  • play off,
  • bilk,
  • return,
  • respond,
  • backtalk,
  • vie,
  • hit back,
  • retaliate,
  • ward off,
  • parry,
  • pit,
  • meet.
  •counteract (verb)
  • countercheck,
  • thwart,
  • buck,
  • annul,
  • fix,
  • negate,
  • negative,
  • cancel out,
  • go against,
  • frustrate,
  • correct,
  • prevent,
  • halt,
  • Counterwork,
  • foil,
  • right,
  • offset,
  • resist,
  • oppose,
  • neutralize,
  • hinder,
  • cancel,
  • counterbalance,
  • defeat,
  • rectify,
  • check,
  • invalidate,
  • cross,
  • contravene,
  • countervail,
  • redress.
  •counterbalance (verb)
  • amend.
  •disobey (verb)
  • neglect,
  • rise in arms,
  • decline,
  • balk,
  • revolt,
  • insurrect,
  • be remiss,
  • disagree,
  • riot,
  • revolutionize,
  • misbehave,
  • not mind,
  • shirk,
  • take law into own hands,
  • revolution,
  • not listen,
  • go counter to,
  • fly in face of,
  • not heed,
  • break rules,
  • strike,
  • desert,
  • mutiny,
  • recalcitrate,
  • pay no attention to,
  • evade,
  • withstand,
  • rebel,
  • flout,
  • object,
  • run riot.
  •frustrate (verb)
  • dishearten,
  • outwit,
  • crimp,
  • conquer,
  • lick,
  • upset the applecart,
  • hang up,
  • overcome,
  • stump,
  • give the run around,
  • depress,
  • prohibit,
  • dash one's hope,
  • block,
  • hold up,
  • forbid,
  • foul up,
  • stymie.
  •hinder (verb)
  • debar,
  • crab,
  • louse up,
  • hamper,
  • deter,
  • cripple,
  • shut out,
  • muzzle,
  • box in,
  • handicap,
  • encumber,
  • burden,
  • clog,
  • fetter,
  • get in the way,
  • hamstring,
  • hog-tie,
  • snafu,
  • trammel.
  •invalidate (verb)
  • disqualify,
  • quash,
  • annihilate,
  • abolish,
  • overrule,
  • x-out,
  • Circumduct,
  • undermine,
  • unfit,
  • blow sky-high,
  • discredit,
  • undo,
  • shoot full of holes,
  • abate,
  • nix,
  • impair,
  • Disannul,
  • weaken.
  •kill (verb)
  • scotch,
  • deaden,
  • stifle,
  • shut off,
  • cease,
  • still,
  • turn out,
  • smother,
  • veto,
  • quell,
  • refuse,
  • extinguish.
  •nullify (verb)
  • squash,
  • take out,
  • wipe out,
  • scrub,
  • restrict,
  • forget it,
  • renig,
  • torpedo,
  • vitiate,
  • scratch,
  • wash out,
  • call all bets off,
  • ax,
  • nig,
  • zap,
  • confine,
  • trash,
  • kill,
  • blue pencil,
  • bring to naught,
  • stamp out,
  • renege.
  •obviate (verb)
  • do away with,
  • ward,
  • intervene,
  • stave off,
  • Forfend,
  • remove,
  • restrain,
  • avert,
  • anticipate.
  •offset (verb)
  • charge,
  • requite,
  • counterpose,
  • recompense,
  • be equivalent,
  • equal,
  • equipoise,
  • allow for,
  • account.
  •prevent (verb)
  • cork,
  • turn aside,
  • dam,
  • chill,
  • defend against,
  • avoid,
  • head off,
  • hold off,
  • put a stop to,
  • cool,
  • interdict,
  • keep lid on,
  • intercept.
  •redress (verb)
  • reform,
  • make restitution,
  • put right,
  • relieve,
  • pay one's dues,
  • remedy,
  • restore,
  • turn around,
  • even out,
  • turn things around,
  • turn over new leaf,
  • mend,
  • dial back,
  • revise,
  • pay for,
  • recalibrate,
  • ease,
  • make reparation,
  • regulate,
  • vindicate.
  •resist (verb)
  • assault,
  • stonewall,
  • persist,
  • brook,
  • contend,
  • abide,
  • forbear,
  • refrain,
  • weather,
  • stand up to,
  • continue,
  • remain,
  • put up a fight,
  • suffer,
  • antagonize,
  • struggle against,
  • hold out against,
  • battle,
  • persevere,
  • turn down,
  • endure,
  • assail,
  • remain firm,
  • die hard,
  • keep from,
  • bear,
  • abstain from,
  • duel,
  • forgo,
  • fight back,
  • maintain,
  • leave alone.
  •traverse (verb)
  • contest.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • abandon,
  • abbreviate,
  • abnegate,
  • abrasion,
  • abridge,
  • abrogation,
  • absent,
  • abstain,
  • abuse,
  • accept,
  • accommodate,
  • accordance,
  • account statement,
  • accounting,
  • accusation,
  • accuse,
  • ache,
  • acquire,
  • acquit,
  • act,
  • activate,
  • actuate,
  • adapt,
  • adequate,
  • adjoin,
  • adjudge,
  • admit,
  • admonish,
  • adopt,
  • affect,
  • affiliation,
  • affront,
  • agitate,
  • agree,
  • agreement,
  • aim,
  • alien,
  • align,
  • aline,
  • all,
  • all in,
  • all the same,
  • allay,
  • alleviant,
  • alleviate,
  • alleviative,
  • alleviator,
  • alleviatory,
  • allot,
  • allow,
  • alterative,
  • altercate,
  • altogether,
  • amaze,
  • ambo,
  • ameliorate,
  • amends,
  • amex,
  • analog,
  • analogue,
  • angriness,
  • animate,
  • annulment,
  • answer,
  • answer for,
  • antagonise,
  • antagonistic,
  • antecede,
  • antedate,
  • aplomb,
  • appal,
  • appall,
  • appear,
  • appease,
  • applesauce,
  • apply,
  • appoint,
  • appreciation,
  • apprehend,
  • apprehension,
  • appropriate,
  • arc,
  • argue,
  • argufy,
  • aright,
  • arise,
  • armed combat,
  • armorial bearing,
  • arrange,
  • ascendance,
  • ascendancy,
  • ascendence,
  • ascendency,
  • ascertain,
  • ask,
  • ask out,
  • asphyxiate,
  • assay,
  • assemble,
  • assert,
  • asseverate,
  • association,
  • assoil,
  • assuage,
  • assume,
  • assure,
  • assuredness,
  • at the same time,
  • atmospheric condition,
  • atomise,
  • atomize,
  • attach,
  • attack,
  • attain,
  • auction block,
  • aught,
  • avenge,
  • axe,
  • bacchanal,
  • bacchanalia,
  • back,
  • back talk,
  • back up,
  • bad,
  • bad-tempered,
  • baffle board,
  • balance wheel,
  • ball up,
  • band,
  • bang,
  • banish,
  • bank check,
  • bankrupt,
  • barrack,
  • barricade,
  • barroom,
  • bat,
  • baulk,
  • be,
  • bear down,
  • bear on,
  • bearing,
  • beat back,
  • beat out,
  • beatnik,
  • becalm,
  • bedevil,
  • beef,
  • beginning,
  • behave,
  • beleaguer,
  • belly laugh,
  • bellyache,
  • bend,
  • bent,
  • besiege,
  • best,
  • bettor,
  • bewilder,
  • bide,
  • biff,
  • bill,
  • billing,
  • bind,
  • birth,
  • bite,
  • blackball,
  • blame,
  • blank out,
  • block off,
  • block up,
  • blockade,
  • blockage,
  • blocking,
  • blow,
  • blow up,
  • blunt,
  • bob,
  • bobber,
  • bobble,
  • bobfloat,
  • boil down,
  • bollix,
  • bollix up,
  • bollocks,
  • bollocks up,
  • bolt,
  • bolt down,
  • bomber,
  • bond,
  • book,
  • boot,
  • boot out,
  • booth,
  • botch,
  • botch up,
  • bother,
  • bottle up,
  • bound,
  • boundary,
  • box up,
  • brace,
  • branch,
  • brave,
  • brave out,
  • bread,
  • break away,
  • break down,
  • break of serve,
  • break off,
  • break out,
  • break short,
  • break through,
  • breakage,
  • breaking,
  • breakout,
  • bring back,
  • bring down,
  • bring out,
  • browning automatic rifle,
  • bruise,
  • brush aside,
  • buffet,
  • bug,
  • bug out,
  • bulge,
  • bulge out,
  • bumble,
  • bump,
  • bump off,
  • bungle,
  • bunk,
  • burst,
  • burster,
  • bursting charge,
  • burthen,
  • bush,
  • bushed,
  • bushel,
  • business relationship,
  • bust,
  • buy food,
  • buy the farm,
  • cabbage,
  • cacography,
  • cadence,
  • cake,
  • calculate,
  • call,
  • call up,
  • calm,
  • calm down,
  • campaign,
  • can,
  • cancer,
  • cancer the crab,
  • capture,
  • care,
  • carelessness,
  • cargo area,
  • cargo deck,
  • cargo hold,
  • carouse,
  • carrel,
  • carrell,
  • carry,
  • carry off,
  • carry on,
  • cast aside,
  • cast away,
  • cast down,
  • cast out,
  • castigate,
  • catch,
  • cathexis,
  • cave,
  • cave in,
  • cavity,
  • cellblock,
  • centrist,
  • chafe,
  • chair,
  • chalk,
  • chance on,
  • chance upon,
  • changeling,
  • chaparral,
  • charge up,
  • chasten,
  • chastise,
  • check into,
  • check mark,
  • check off,
  • check out,
  • check over,
  • check up on,
  • check-out procedure,
  • checker,
  • checkout,
  • cheque,
  • chequer,
  • chicken feed,
  • chink,
  • chip,
  • chit,
  • choke coil,
  • choke off,
  • choke up,
  • choking coil,
  • choler,
  • chord,
  • chorus,
  • chronicle,
  • chuck out,
  • churn up,
  • cipher,
  • circle,
  • circumscribe,
  • city block,
  • clam,
  • clamber,
  • clasp,
  • clear,
  • clench,
  • clip,
  • clobber,
  • clog dance,
  • clog dancing,
  • clog up,
  • close off,
  • close out,
  • close up,
  • closure,
  • clot,
  • clout,
  • clutch,
  • clutches,
  • clutter,
  • codswallop,
  • coif,
  • coiffe,
  • coiffure,
  • coin,
  • collapse,
  • collar,
  • collide with,
  • colliery,
  • collimate,
  • come across,
  • come apart,
  • come back,
  • come down,
  • come forth,
  • come forward,
  • come in,
  • come out of the closet,
  • come to,
  • come to the fore,
  • come up,
  • come upon,
  • comeback,
  • comfort,
  • coming back,
  • command,
  • commencement,
  • commission,
  • commit,
  • commove,
  • compare,
  • compeer,
  • compensation,
  • compete,
  • competition,
  • competitiveness,
  • complaint,
  • complete,
  • completely,
  • comport,
  • conceal,
  • concentrate,
  • concord,
  • concur,
  • condition,
  • conduct,
  • confirmation,
  • conflict,
  • conform,
  • conform to,
  • conformity,
  • confuse,
  • confute,
  • congeal,
  • congest,
  • conk,
  • conk out,
  • connect,
  • conserve,
  • consider,
  • consign,
  • consort,
  • constipate,
  • constriction,
  • consume,
  • contact,
  • contain,
  • contract,
  • contradict,
  • contravention,
  • control condition,
  • controller,
  • contumely,
  • converge,
  • cook,
  • cool down,
  • cool off,
  • coolheaded,
  • cop,
  • cope,
  • core,
  • cork up,
  • corrective,
  • correctly,
  • correspondence,
  • corrupt,
  • count,
  • countermine,
  • counterpunch,
  • countersink,
  • counterweight,
  • couple,
  • cover,
  • crab louse,
  • crabbed,
  • crabby,
  • crabby person,
  • crabmeat,
  • cramp iron,
  • crampfish,
  • crank,
  • crape,
  • crash,
  • cream,
  • crease,
  • creek,
  • cretin,
  • crimper,
  • crippled,
  • crisscross,
  • croak,
  • cross thwart,
  • crossbeam,
  • crossbreed,
  • crossbreeding,
  • crossing,
  • crosspiece,
  • crosstie,
  • crown of thorns,
  • crucify,
  • crusade,
  • crush,
  • crush out,
  • cube,
  • cubicle,
  • cull,
  • cultivate,
  • cumber,
  • curb bit,
  • cure,
  • curtail,
  • custody,
  • cut,
  • cut across,
  • cut back,
  • cut down,
  • cut through,
  • cylinder block,
  • cypher,
  • dah,
  • dais,
  • dam up,
  • damages,
  • damaging,
  • damp,
  • dampen,
  • daring,
  • darn,
  • dart,
  • daunt,
  • de-escalate,
  • dead,
  • deal,
  • debase,
  • debate,
  • debauch,
  • debauchery,
  • decameter,
  • decametre,
  • decay,
  • decease,
  • decelerate,
  • decent,
  • decently,
  • decimate,
  • declare,
  • declension,
  • declination,
  • declivity,
  • decoct,
  • decompress,
  • deduct,
  • deem,
  • defect,
  • defend,
  • define,
  • deflect,
  • deflower,
  • degree,
  • deject,
  • dekameter,
  • dekametre,
  • delete,
  • deliver,
  • demarcation,
  • demarcation line,
  • demoralise,
  • demoralize,
  • demote,
  • dent,
  • deoxidise,
  • deoxidize,
  • deoxyephedrine,
  • depart,
  • deplete,
  • deport,
  • deprave,
  • derangement,
  • descent,
  • describe,
  • desecrate,
  • desex,
  • desexualise,
  • desexualize,
  • desist,
  • desolate,
  • despoil,
  • destroy,
  • detain,
  • detention,
  • determine,
  • determined,
  • deterrent,
  • detonate,
  • develop,
  • devolve,
  • diaphragm,
  • dictated,
  • die,
  • die away,
  • difference,
  • difference of opinion,
  • digest,
  • dilapidation,
  • dilly-dally,
  • dillydally,
  • dilute,
  • diminution,
  • dinero,
  • direction,
  • disability,
  • disable,
  • disablement,
  • disaccord,
  • disaffect,
  • disallow,
  • disapprove,
  • disbelieve,
  • disciplinal,
  • discipline,
  • disclose,
  • discomfit,
  • discompose,
  • disconfirming,
  • discontinue,
  • discord,
  • discount,
  • discover,
  • disdain,
  • disgrace,
  • disgust,
  • dishonor,
  • dishonour,
  • dismantle,
  • dismay,
  • dismiss,
  • dismissal,
  • dismission,
  • disown,
  • dispatch,
  • dispense with,
  • dispirit,
  • displace,
  • dispose,
  • disregard,
  • disrepute,
  • disrupt,
  • disruption,
  • dissent,
  • dissuade,
  • distillery,
  • disturb,
  • disuse,
  • divulge,
  • dkm,
  • do in,
  • doctor,
  • dodge,
  • dollar,
  • dollar bill,
  • domesticate,
  • domesticise,
  • domesticize,
  • dominance,
  • dough,
  • down,
  • downfall,
  • downslope,
  • drag one's feet,
  • draw,
  • draw a blank,
  • draw back,
  • draw in,
  • draw off,
  • draw out,
  • draw rein,
  • dress,
  • drink down,
  • drive,
  • drive back,
  • drop,
  • drub,
  • drum,
  • drunken revelry,
  • duck,
  • dumbfound,
  • dun,
  • duplicate,
  • dyke,
  • earmark,
  • easiness,
  • eat,
  • eat up,
  • echo,
  • economical,
  • effect,
  • egress,
  • eject,
  • elan,
  • electric arc,
  • electric charge,
  • electric discharge,
  • electric ray,
  • electronegative,
  • eliminate,
  • elude,
  • embarrass,
  • emerge,
  • emission,
  • emptiness,
  • empty,
  • enclose,
  • encounter,
  • encroachment,
  • encumbrance,
  • end,
  • endocarp,
  • enforce,
  • engagement,
  • engine block,
  • engrave,
  • enhancer,
  • ensnare,
  • ensure,
  • entertain,
  • entirely,
  • entrap,
  • entrench,
  • equalise,
  • equaliser,
  • equalizer,
  • equilibrate,
  • equilibrise,
  • equilibrium,
  • equilibrize,
  • eradicate,
  • erase,
  • erupt,
  • essence,
  • evacuate,
  • eve,
  • even off,
  • even so,
  • even up,
  • evening,
  • eventide,
  • exceed,
  • except,
  • excerpt,
  • excise,
  • excite,
  • excoriation,
  • exculpate,
  • excuse,
  • exempt,
  • exercise set,
  • exert,
  • exhaust,
  • exit,
  • exonerate,
  • expect,
  • expel,
  • expelling,
  • expire,
  • explanation,
  • explode,
  • explosive charge,
  • expose,
  • expunge,
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  • foursquare,
  • fracture,
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  • freeze,
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  • fret,
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  • frighten away,
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  • frisson,
  • frizz,
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  • frugal,
  • frustration,
  • fuck up,
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  • full point,
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  • gag,
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  • gaolbreak,
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  • gelidity,
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  • geological fault,
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  • get,
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  • goldbrick,
  • good,
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  • grapple,
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  • grave,
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  • grip,
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  • gross out,
  • grouchy,
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  • guard,
  • guardianship,
  • gun,
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  • gunman,
  • gunslinger,
  • gyration,
  • half-wit,
  • halter,
  • halting,
  • hamstring tendon,
  • handgrip,
  • handle,
  • hang,
  • hang in,
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  • hangout,
  • happen upon,
  • happy chance,
  • harbor,
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  • hardened,
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  • have the best,
  • heal,
  • healing,
  • heartbeat,
  • hearty,
  • hedge,
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  • heraldic bearing,
  • hero,
  • hero sandwich,
  • hesitate,
  • hind,
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  • hired gun,
  • history,
  • hit man,
  • hitch,
  • hoagie,
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  • hobble,
  • hold on,
  • hold out,
  • hold water,
  • holdup,
  • holler,
  • homecoming,
  • horizontal surface,
  • horn in,
  • horse,
  • hospital ward,
  • however,
  • howler,
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  • hurt,
  • hush,
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  • hybrid,
  • hybridisation,
  • hybridise,
  • hybridization,
  • hybridize,
  • hybridizing,
  • hydrofoil,
  • hyphen,
  • ice,
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  • ill-tempered,
  • imbecile,
  • immobilise,
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  • impairment,
  • impediment,
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  • inactive,
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  • incision,
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  • income tax return,
  • incumbrance,
  • indemnification,
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  • indispose,
  • infernal region,
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  • influence,
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  • inject,
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  • inscribe,
  • inspire,
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  • institutionalise,
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  • insure,
  • insurgent,
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  • interbreed,
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  • interdiction,
  • interject,
  • intermission,
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  • invalid,
  • invite,
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  • invoice,
  • ira,
  • ire,
  • iron out,
  • irrupt,
  • issue,
  • itch,
  • jailbreak,
  • jam,
  • jeer,
  • jell,
  • jerk,
  • jib,
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  • jumble,
  • junk,
  • justify,
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  • kale,
  • keep,
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  • kerb,
  • kettle of fish,
  • kibosh,
  • kick,
  • kick downstairs,
  • kick the bucket,
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  • kink,
  • kink up,
  • kiosk,
  • knee,
  • lame,
  • lap,
  • lap up,
  • lash out,
  • last,
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  • latitude,
  • lay,
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  • lead,
  • learn,
  • leave,
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  • legal community,
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  • lenitive,
  • let down,
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  • lettuce,
  • level off,
  • liberation,
  • libra,
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  • limit point,
  • limitation,
  • line of latitude,
  • link,
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  • lip,
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  • live,
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  • load,
  • loading,
  • localisation,
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  • located,
  • locating,
  • location,
  • lodge,
  • lolly,
  • long horse,
  • look for,
  • look into,
  • look to,
  • loosen,
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  • loot,
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  • lot,
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  • lug,
  • lull,
  • make,
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  • malt whiskey,
  • malt whisky,
  • manage,
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  • mar,
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  • marry,
  • mash,
  • master,
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  • mate,
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  • matter,
  • maverick,
  • measure,
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  • melt off,
  • mending,
  • mental block,
  • mess,
  • meter,
  • meth,
  • methamphetamine,
  • methamphetamine hydrochloride,
  • methedrine,
  • metre,
  • micro-cook,
  • microwave,
  • middle of the roader,
  • mightily,
  • mighty,
  • mince,
  • mint,
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  • misconduct,
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  • misdirect,
  • mishandle,
  • misrepresent,
  • miss,
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  • mitigative,
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  • mo,
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  • mold,
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  • moment,
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  • moron,
  • morsel,
  • motionless,
  • mouth,
  • move,
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  • muck up,
  • muddle,
  • muffle,
  • muscle spasm,
  • musical rhythm,
  • muster out,
  • mystify,
  • nab,
  • nada,
  • nail,
  • nark,
  • natural,
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  • naught,
  • nauseate,
  • necktie,
  • negatively charged,
  • neglectfulness,
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  • nettle,
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  • nevertheless,
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  • nil,
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  • nonperformance,
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  • nose,
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  • notwithstanding,
  • nuke,
  • null,
  • nullity,
  • number,
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  • nurse,
  • objective,
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  • obliterate,
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  • obturate,
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  • off,
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  • one,
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  • operate,
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  • orchestra pit,
  • order,
  • out,
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  • outgrowth,
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  • outrage,
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  • outset,
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  • overbalance,
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  • overleap,
  • overload,
  • overlook,
  • overpower,
  • overreach,
  • override,
  • overtake,
  • overturn,
  • overwhelm,
  • pact,
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  • pall,
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  • pan,
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  • parallel of latitude,
  • part,
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  • pass,
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  • patch,
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  • payoff,
  • pearl buck,
  • peer,
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  • perplex,
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  • piece,
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  • place,
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  • plane,
  • plant,
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  • plosive speech sound,
  • plunder,
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  • poke,
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  • poor boy,
  • pop,
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  • pop out,
  • pose,
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  • postponement,
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  • pound,
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  • powerful,
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  • press out,
  • presume,
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  • prison-breaking,
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  • pry,
  • pubic louse,
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  • public violence,
  • pull,
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  • pull down,
  • pull out,
  • pulley,
  • pulley-block,
  • pulpit,
  • pulsate,
  • pulsation,
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  • punch,
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  • push,
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  • put,
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  • put in,
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  • putting to death,
  • puzzle,
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  • quarrel,
  • quarry,
  • quench,
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  • quit,
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  • rafter,
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  • railroad tie,
  • rain out,
  • ransom,
  • rap,
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  • react,
  • readapt,
  • readiness,
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  • reappearance,
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  • rebellion,
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  • receive,
  • recess,
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  • recollect,
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  • reconcile,
  • reconstruct,
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  • recurrence,
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  • refund,
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  • regular,
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  • rein,
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  • relax,
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  • release,
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  • relief,
  • relinquish,
  • remainder,
  • remediate,
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  • remember,
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  • renewing,
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  • reparation,
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  • replication,
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  • rescript,
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  • resign,
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  • rest,
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  • restitution,
  • restoration,
  • restrained,
  • restraint,
  • retain,
  • retool,
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  • retrieve,
  • retrovert,
  • return key,
  • reveal,
  • revenge,
  • reversal,
  • reverse,
  • revert,
  • revilement,
  • revisal,
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  • revive,
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  • revolutionise,
  • rhythm,
  • rid of,
  • ride out,
  • rift,
  • rig,
  • right field,
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  • rightfield,
  • rightfulness,
  • rigid,
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  • rise,
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  • rival,
  • roister,
  • rostrum,
  • rotate,
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  • round,
  • rouse,
  • routine,
  • rub,
  • rubbish,
  • ruination,
  • ruining,
  • rule,
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  • run,
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  • run afoul,
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  • runner,
  • rupture,
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  • sabot,
  • sabotage,
  • sack,
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  • saddle,
  • sales booth,
  • saloon,
  • salt lick,
  • salvage,
  • salve,
  • sanative,
  • sang-froid,
  • sass,
  • sassing,
  • satisfy,
  • satisfying,
  • saturnalia,
  • save,
  • sawbuck,
  • sawhorse,
  • scale down,
  • scandalise,
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  • scar,
  • scare,
  • scare away,
  • scare off,
  • scoff,
  • scoot,
  • score,
  • scorn,
  • scotch whiskey,
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  • scots,
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  • scour,
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  • scrag,
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  • scraping,
  • scraps,
  • scratch up,
  • scratching,
  • scrawl,
  • scream,
  • screw up,
  • scribble,
  • scrub up,
  • scrubbing,
  • scud,
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  • season,
  • second,
  • second power,
  • secure,
  • see,
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  • seize,
  • send,
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  • separate,
  • set down,
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  • severance,
  • shackle,
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  • shin,
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  • shock,
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  • shorten,
  • show up,
  • shrink,
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  • shrink from,
  • shudder,
  • shut,
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  • sic,
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  • sideboard,
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  • silence,
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  • simpleness,
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  • sin,
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  • skin,
  • skirt,
  • slack,
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  • slow,
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  • slug,
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  • smash,
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  • smooth,
  • snap off,
  • snare,
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  • soapbox,
  • soften,
  • solid,
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  • solve,
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  • soundless,
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  • spark,
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  • splosh,
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  • sports meeting,
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  • square up,
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  • squash rackets,
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  • squash vine,
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  • static,
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  • stem,
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  • step to the fore,
  • sterilise,
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  • stick,
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  • stiff,
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  • stillness,
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  • stop consonant,
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  • storage area,
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  • substantial,
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  • sugar,
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  • sweep,
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  • sweep over,
  • sweetheart,
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  • swing about,
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  • symmetricalness,
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  • tab,
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  • tackle,
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  • tear,
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  • tear down,
  • temper,
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  • ten-strike,
  • terminal point,
  • therapeutical,
  • thigh-slapper,
  • thin,
  • thin out,
  • think,
  • thrash,
  • thrill,
  • throttle,
  • throw,
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  • throw overboard,
  • throwing away,
  • thrum,
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  • thwartwise,
  • tick,
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  • tie beam,
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  • time lag,
  • tingle,
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  • top,
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  • toss,
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  • totally,
  • touch,
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  • track,
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  • trammel net,
  • tranquil,
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  • transcend,
  • transfer,
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  • trap,
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  • treaty,
  • tree stump,
  • trench,
  • trigger,
  • trigger off,
  • triggerman,
  • trim,
  • trim back,
  • trim down,
  • trip,
  • tripe,
  • trounce,
  • truelove,
  • trumpery,
  • truncate,
  • tucker,
  • tucker out,
  • turf out,
  • turn,
  • turn away,
  • turn back,
  • turn off,
  • turn up,
  • tutelage,
  • twin,
  • typeset,
  • unbend,
  • unbendable,
  • unbosom,
  • uncover,
  • undertake,
  • unfaltering,
  • unfluctuating,
  • unload,
  • unmake,
  • unpack,
  • unruffled,
  • unsex,
  • unshakable,
  • unsound,
  • untie,
  • untune,
  • unwavering,
  • unwind,
  • unwrap,
  • uphold,
  • uprise,
  • uprising,
  • upset,
  • upwind,
  • use up,
  • usurpation,
  • vacancy,
  • vacuum,
  • vanquish,
  • vaporize,
  • vaulting horse,
  • venting,
  • veracious,
  • verification,
  • verify,
  • vex,
  • view as,
  • vilification,
  • violation,
  • vivify,
  • vote down,
  • vote out,
  • wagerer,
  • wait,
  • waive,
  • waiver,
  • walk out,
  • wampum,
  • wane,
  • warn,
  • wash,
  • wash away,
  • wash up,
  • waste,
  • watch,
  • wear,
  • wear out,
  • weather condition,
  • wed,
  • wedge,
  • weight,
  • weight down,
  • welter,
  • whelm,
  • whole,
  • wholly,
  • wield,
  • wiretap,
  • wish-wash,
  • withal,
  • withdraw,
  • work,
  • work out,
  • work over,
  • work stoppage,
  • worsen,
  • wound,
  • wow,
  • wrath,
  • wrecking,
  • write up,
  • yet,
  • yield,
  • zep,
  • zero,
  • zilch,
  • zip,
  • break dance,
  • layover,
  • time out,
  • cold shoulder,
  • curbing,
  • shabu,
  • set-back,
  • right hand,
  • double check,
  • callback,
  • right wing,
  • chokepoint,
  • gun for hire,
  • hitman,
  • square toes,
  • clams,
  • simoleons,
  • curing,
  • mare's nest,
  • get-go,
  • drop off,
  • get up,
  • pick up,
  • break up,
  • make up,
  • take off,
  • have a bun in the oven,
  • let up,
  • take away,
  • break in,
  • put up,
  • mess up,
  • step up,
  • step down,
  • cut off,
  • take up,
  • cash in one's chips,
  • give-up the ghost,
  • knock off,
  • blow out,
  • line up,
  • turn on,
  • wash off,
  • call back,
  • mix up,
  • brush off,
  • put off,
  • diss,
  • let off,
  • stand up,
  • throw in,
  • put down,
  • get the better of,
  • belt down,
  • pull up,
  • beat up,
  • stop over,
  • shoot down,
  • step in,
  • give the sack,
  • drag one's heels,
  • fly in the teeth of,
  • let alone,
  • conditions,
  • winnow out,
  • gimpy,
  • crack,
  • deposit,
  • dike,
  • hole,
  • idiot,
  • laid,
  • muff,
  • period,
  • snatch,
  • showtime,
  • killing,
  • queer,
  • prick,
  • devil,
  • murder,
  • rape,
  • bitch,
  • orgy,
  • scratch line,
  • greyback,
  • zippo,
  • heel counter,
  • bottle cork,
  • ok,
  • all right,
  • call in,
  • come on,
  • put-down,
  • right-hand,
  • run through,
  • spread out,
  • tear out,
  • tie-in,
  • tie-up,
  • drop dead,
  • pulley block,
  • break-dance,
  • aaron montgomery ward,
  • confine to,
  • scotch malt whiskey,
  • scotch malt whisky.

Antonyms for Counter-acting:

• adj.

  • corrective
    hurtful, hurting, injurious, damaging, Paining, harmful.

• v.

  • antagonize
    calm, agree, please, soothe, make happy.
  • balance
    imbalance, unbalance, forfeit, lose, overbalance, disagree, disproportion, differ.
  • balk
    let go, promote, surrender, advance, make easier, inspirit.
  • cancel
    establish, tip, emphasize, sanction, ratify, keep, arrange.
  • check
    free, release, include, open, welcome, indulge, liberate, expedite, continue.
  • compensate
    destroy, penalize, deprive, injure, hurt, fine, damage.
  • contradict
    confirm, sign, consent, admit, vouch, accept, corroborate, go along, verify, concede, reconcile, ok, prove.
  • contravene
    obey, stay, join, observe, retreat, concur, endorse, assent.
  • counter
    divide, separate.
  • counteract
    assist, abet, approve, allow, encourage, uphold, help, permit, worsen, break, forward, facilitate, validate, support, aid.
  • disobey
    oblige, DO, harmonize, regard, submit, comply, conform, behave.
  • frustrate
    give up, cooperate, push, yield, hearten.
  • hinder
    go, loosen, start, begin, unblock, further.
  • invalidate
    legalize, revive, institute.
  • kill
    build, agitate, bear, disturb, create, light, initiate, give birth, irritate, turn on, authorize.
  • nullify
    pass, set up, enact, schedule, save, sanctify, affirm.
  • prevent
    heat, warm, cause.
  • redress
    harm, upset.
  • resist
    desert, abandon, give in, quit, leave, refuse, reject, stop, cease, discontinue.
  • traverse
    back up.