counter
/ˈkaʊntər/ verb [T]Definition
PREVENT › to prevent something or reduce the bad effect that it has: This skin cream claims to counter the effects of sun damage.
REACT › to say something to show that what someone has just said is not true: "Of course I love him," Clare countered.
(Definition of counter verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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