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countermeasures

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  • noun Plural form of countermeasure.
  • noun military All the devices and techniques used to impair the operational effectiveness of an enemy

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Examples

  • The idea that you can tackle unauthorised filesharing by security countermeasures is very attractive, but not accurate.

    Ebook restrictions leave libraries facing virtual lockout Benedicte Page 2010

  • Not later than 18 months after the date on which the Commission first meets ... submit to the President and Congress a final report of its findings and conclusions, legislative recommendations for immediate and long-term countermeasures to violent radicalization, homegrown terrorism, and ideologically based violence, and measures that can be taken to prevent violent radicalization, homegrown terrorism, and ideologically based violence from developing and spreading within the United States ...

    Internet Found Guilty of Promoting Terrorism 2007

  • Those little pads contain countermeasures to keep them from being refilled and/or replaced by third-party coffee delivery-systems.

    - Boing Boing 2005

  • VIEW FAVORITES yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'In case you missed this the first time: Sen. Frist Inserts Legal Shield for Vaccine Makers Into Military Bill'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'The provision would provide immunity from lawsuits to any company that made "countermeasures" - broadly defined as drugs, vaccines or medical devices - to protect Americans against pandemics, epidemics or biological attacks.

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: In case you missed this the first time: Sen. Frist Inserts Legal Shield for Vaccine Makers Into Military Bill 2005

  • The provision would provide immunity from lawsuits to any company that made 'countermeasures' - broadly defined as drugs, vaccines or medical devices - to protect Americans against pandemics, epidemics or biological attacks.

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: In case you missed this the first time: Sen. Frist Inserts Legal Shield for Vaccine Makers Into Military Bill 2005

  • BELL: These helicopters do -- they practice airborne mine countermeasures, which is mine sweeping and mine hunting.

    CNN Transcript - Breaking News: Navy Helicopter Crashes Off Texas Coast With Six On Board - August 10, 2000 2000

  • Many times the countermeasures are the result of solution-jumping and shallow or non-existent root cause analysis.

    Gemba Panta Rei 2009

  • Japan in the early 1990's waited too long to act and missed the right opportunity to enact countermeasures, which is why Japan has still not recovered from its long stagnation.

    Taipei Times 2008

  • Japan in the early 1990's waited too long to act and missed the right opportunity to enact countermeasures, which is why Japan has still not recovered from its long stagnation.

    Taipei Times 2008

  • Japan in the early 1990's waited too long to act and missed the right opportunity to enact countermeasures, which is why Japan has still not recovered from its long stagnation.

    Taipei Times 2008

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