Counter and Maintain

Counter

Counter verb - To strive to reduce or eliminate.

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Maintain and counter are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Maintain" instead a verb "Counter".

Maintain verb - To state (something) as a reason in support of or against something under consideration.

Usage example: she continued to maintain that a sewing machine would end up paying for itself since she could make her own clothes

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Counter and maintain are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Counter" instead a verb "Maintain".

power	counter power	maintain power
order	counter order	maintain order
system	counter system	maintain system
rate	counter rate	maintain rate
Other words: speed, technology, fleet, powers, weapons.

The counter to this is that a member of a primitive or outright illiterate race is actually more likely to maintain a strong song and oral storytelling tradition.

Source: Square Race, Round Class
He throws out objections left and right to counter his opponent's every move and has been rumored to have fabricated evidence and twisted testimonies in order to maintain his perfect record.

Source: The Dreaded
Ranma's Hiryuu Shoten Ha technique goes a step farther than most techniques in fiction and requires a psychological component: to use this counter, Ranma must maintain a state of mind with no aggressive intent while his opponent or opponents must be attacking with aggressive intent.

Source: Counter Attack

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