counterattracts

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌkaʊntəɹəˈtɹakts/ === Verb === counterattracts third-person singular simple present indicative of counterattract 1967: the Chemical Society of Great Britain and the University of Nottingham, The alkali metals: an International Symposium held at Nottingham on 19 th–22 nd July 1966; organised jointly by the University of Nottingham and the Chemical Society, № 22, page 434 (self-published by the Chemical Society) Hence, the oxygen vacancy loses some of its “negative charge” and takes on a “positive character” that counterattracts the leakage of negative charge.