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countermeasure

noun

coun·​ter·​mea·​sure ˈkau̇n-tər-ˌme-zhər How to pronounce countermeasure (audio)
-ˌmā-
: an action or device designed to negate or offset another
The most well-known countermeasure by a physician is a malicious-persecution suit against the lawyer who sued him and failed to prove a case. William J. Curran
The Germans had developed a tricky magnetic mine, but the British had developed a countermeasure for this even before the mine was used. Bernard Brodie and Fawn M. Brodie

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Recent Examples on the Web Russia has cut off supply as a countermeasure against Western economic sanctions over Russian President Vladimir Putin's ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 29 Aug. 2022 When North Korea fired eight ballistic missiles from four different regions in the country, South Korea and the U.S. joint forces fired eight surface-to-surface missiles as a countermeasure the following day. Hakyung Kate Lee, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2022 Consistent and sustained public messaging can also serve as a countermeasure against misinformation and disinformation. Thoai D. Ngo, Scientific American, 15 June 2022 As a countermeasure, in 2018 CityBridge, the company that operates pay phones and Links for the city, added a timer feature. Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 28 May 2022 Another countermeasure is to use a phone’s accelerometer to measure its movements. Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 19 May 2022 In both these conditions, the formation of new blood vessels in the placenta is impaired, so the researchers speculate that exercise could be a useful countermeasure. Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 15 May 2021 In a tweet, the Prime Minister's office said the government had established a countermeasure office that will work with local governments to carry out emergency measures including search and rescue of potential victims. Jessie Yeung, CNN, 17 Mar. 2022 As a countermeasure to the insanity of South by Southwest, Kleinman is planning a post-SXSW pop-up exhibit of some of Franklin’s work in the space reserved for another of Kleinman’s projects, the currently dormant Tex Pop, Museum of Popular Culture. Steve Ditlea, SPIN, 14 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1923, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of countermeasure was in 1923

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