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counterirritate

counterirritate verb: to treat a counterirritant.

Verb

counterirritate (third-person singular simple present counterirritates, present participle counterirritating, simple past and past participle counterirritated)

  1. to treat a counterirritant

Forms of counterirritate

third-person singular presentcounterirritates
present participlecounterirritating
past participlecounterirritated
pastcounterirritated

Origin of counterirritate

From counter- + irritate.

Questions about counterirritate

What does counterirritate mean?
Counterirritate means to treat a counterirritant.
What part of speech is counterirritate?
Counterirritate is a verb.
What is the past tense of counterirritate?
The past tense of counterirritate is counterirritated.

Words near counterirritate in the dictionary

  1. counterionize
  2. counterionized
  3. counterions
  4. counterirritant
  5. counterirritants
  6. counterirritate
  7. counterirritated
  8. counterirritates
  9. counterirritating
  10. counterirritation
  11. counterirritations

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