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counterattracting en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˌkaʊntəɹəˈtɹaktɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

counterattract + -ing

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, rare) Serving to counterattract.
    • His emotional dependency on her is matched and balanced by her dependency on him in a continuous, reciprocal, attracting and counterattracting, responsive and counter-responsive interrelationship. 1992, Evelyn Gajowski, The Art of Loving: Female Subjectivity and Male Discursive Traditions in Shakespeare’s Tragedies, University of Delaware Press, →ISBN, page 112, →ISBN:
    • There are no counterattracting or counteracting forces in God or in His universe, including man. 1969, Mary Baker Eddy, Christian Science Sentinel, volume 71, The Christian Science Publishing Society, page 970:

counterattracting en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˌkaʊntəɹəˈtɹaktɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

counterattract + -ing

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of counterattract