"counterforce" meaning in English

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          "sense": "force that opposes another force",
          "word": "vastavoima"
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          "sense": "force that opposes another force",
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      "sense": "force that opposes another force",
      "word": "vastavoima"
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      "sense": "force that opposes another force",
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