Thesaurus results for COUNTERMEASURE

countermeasure

noun

as in measure

something done or used with the intention of stopping or preventing something bad or dangerous

—usually plural new countermeasures against terrorism The army used electronic countermeasures to block enemy radar.

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Recent Examples of countermeasure Biomedical research Developing diagnostic tools and countermeasures for the unique health challenges of deep spaceflight. —

Anastasia Stepanova, Space.com, 2 Feb. 2025 Predictive intelligence: Predictive models foresee emerging dangers based on historical data and worldwide threat intelligence streams, allowing for proactive countermeasures. —

Rohan Pinto, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025 Appropriate countermeasures might be modeled on public health responses to contain epidemics with quarantines, vaccines and emergency intervention. —

Stephen A. Pyne, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2025 Both alliances and individual countries must set limits, show strength and set examples of strong countermeasures. —

Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for countermeasure

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While commercial poultry farms have a number of policies in place now to recognize and intervene if animals get sick, live bird markets are less regulated and have fewer protection measures in place.

— Alice Park, TIME, 7 Feb. 2025
But those measures, much like the Rooney Rule, have not closed the racial disparities among NFL head coaches and have not stopped white coaches from appearing to be more likely to receive the benefit of the doubt.

— Joseph N. Cooper, The Conversation, 7 Feb. 2025