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      counteractive
      adjective
      opposing or neutralizing or mitigating an effect by contrary action
      Roots
      contracounter- · Latin · against, oppositeagereact- · Latin · to do, driveivus-ive · Latin · tending to
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      The word counteractive breaks down into 3 roots of Latin origin: counter-, from Latin contra (“against, opposite”); act, from Latin agere (“to do, drive”); and -ive, from Latin ivus (“tending to”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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