reactive
adjective /riˈæk.tɪv/Definition
› reacting to events or situations rather than acting first to change or prevent something: Unfortunately, the police have dealt with the problem of car theft in a reactive rather than a proactive way.Reacting and responding
(Definition of reactive adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- alert adjective
- and the same to you with (brass) knobs on idiom
- backlash noun
- chain reaction noun
- counteract verb
- countermeasure noun
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