(v. t.) To contend with; to oppose actively; to counteract.
(v. i.) To act in opposition.
Example Sentences:
(1) Intrathecal injection of zopiclone potentiated morphine antinociception, while the intracerebroventricular injection of zopiclone failed to enhance morphine antinociception and the intracerebroventricular injection of flumazepil to antagonize the intraperitoneal-zopiclone-induced increase in morphine antinociception.
(2) of PLA2 caused marked degranulation of mast cells in the rat mesentery which was facilitated by addition of calcium ion (10 mM) but antagonized by pretreating with three antiinflammatory agents.
(3) [Ca2+]i exhibited a sigmoidal dependence on [Na+]o. Mg2+, a competitive inhibitor of Na2+-Ca2+ antiport in these cells, antagonized the increase in [Ca2+]i produced by lowering [Na+]o.
(4) Increases in extracellular calcium antagonized the negative inotropic effect.
(5) In K+-depolarized basilar arteries, ifenprodil competitively antagonized the response to Ca2+, and this was enhanced by pre-incubation in calcium hopantenate.
(6) During the postovulatory phase, endogenous progesterone and the production of metabolites antagonized this effect.
(7) An antagonism is unlikely when ciprofloxacin is combined with one of the beta-lactams studied or with tobramycin.
(8) Co-application of CGS 9896, a benzodiazepine receptor antagonist, did not antagonize the guanidino compound-induced inhibition of GABA responses.
(9) Aortic rings from the rabbit were similarly potently antagonized by the protein kinase C inhibitors, however, K(+)-induced contractions were also equally sensitive to these agents in both rat and rabbit tissues.
(10) The biphasic response to (-)-(S)-Bay K 8644 and (+)-(S)-202-791 suggests that the properties of Ca++ channel activation and antagonism may reside within a single 1,4-dihydropyridine molecule.
(11) We have investigated the bacterial antagonism exerted in oral secretion by alpha-hemolytic streptococci against S. aureus and S. epidermidis.
(12) The marine natural product lophotoxin has produced a non-reversible antagonism of parasympathetic and sympathetic functions that are known to be mediated by C6 sub-type nicotinic receptors.
(13) Strains showing occasional antagonism at a particular proportion of concentrations of the test combination, were found to only be indifferent when the mean index of the fractional inhibition concentration of all checkerboard combinations was calculated.
(14) The omission of glucose induced a marked increase in the efflux of [3H]GABA, which was antagonized by TTX (1 microM), but not by MK 801 (1 microM) or DNQX (100 microM).
(15) The hyperthermia in rabbits caused by the serotonergic stimulants cited above is also antagonized by pretreatment with MS.
(16) The neuroleptic agents haloperidol, fluphenazine, domperidone, sulpiride and tiapride also antagonized emesis induced by cisplatin but only a proportion of the animals were completely protected and diazepam and prednisolone only reduced the intensity of the response.
(17) These results suggest that formoterol modifies allergen-induced airway responses through functional antagonism rather than the inhibition of inflammatory cell infiltration.
(18) Depolarizations induced by acetyl-Arg6-septide, a NK1-receptor selective agonist, were also antagonized by spantide with a pA2 of 6.5.
(19) 5-Hydroxytryptamine contracted the musculature from all parts of the respiratory tract-an effect which was specifically antagonized by both methysergide and atropine.4.
(20) K showed little activity against LTC4 but could antagonize more selectively H- and ACh-mediated effects.
Quell
Definition:
(v. i.) To die.
(v. i.) To be subdued or abated; to yield; to abate.
(v. t.) To take the life of; to kill.
(v. t.) To overpower; to subdue; to put down.
(v. t.) To quiet; to allay; to pacify; to cause to yield or cease; as, to quell grief; to quell the tumult of the soul.
(n.) Murder.
Example Sentences:
(1) Vladimir Putin brushed off complaints of election fixing during his annual televised live chat with the nation on Thursday , but behind the scenes his lieutenants are anxiously plotting how to quell rising discontent.
(2) Dozens were injured, including 20 policemen, in a protest triggered by food costs that was eventually quelled by baton charges and teargas.
(3) Consider the open joke that was the repeated European bank stress tests ; the foot-dragging of the central bankers to quell financial panic; the IMF report last week showing that even if Greece took the troika’s medicine it would still be lumbered with “unsustainable” debt .
(4) This, in turn, would provide the cover to push through aspects of the Trump agenda that require a further suspension of core democratic norms – such as his pledge to deny entry to all Muslims (not only those from selected countries), his Twitter threat to bring in “the feds” to quell street violence in Chicago, or his obvious desire to place restrictions on the press.
(5) However, Ralf Speth, chief executive of JLR, moved to quell these fears by claiming the company would remain focused on the UK, where it was rumoured to be considering a deal to buy the Silverstone racing circuit.
(6) Al-Ahram Online said police fired tear gas to quell the violence and several cars in the area were destroyed or set on fire.
(7) The government has attempted to quell blackout fears this winter after a fire shut down half the capacity at a power station in Oxfordshire.
(8) You can't blame Silvio Berlusconi and José Manuel Barroso, president of the European commission, for trying to quell the sense of panic in bond markets.
(9) For even a superior military force requires a clearly defined strategy if it is to quell rather than fuel violence.
(10) This is usually quarter-finals day but the rain means we've also got a couple of fourth-round matches to get through - Maria Sharapova, the favourite after Serena Williams' exit, and Angelique Kerber face off on Centre Court first up, while last year's finalist, Sabine Lisicki, who quelled Ana Ivanovic's resistance yesterday, meets the dangerous Yaroslava Shvedova - the Kazakh who once played a golden set in these parts.
(11) "We still meet the highest security standards", said the company's co-founder, Hans-Christoph Quelle.
(12) But Abbott has made it clear he will not stand aside, and is seeking to allay his colleague’s concerns and quell the dissent, including about the powerful role played by his chief of staff, Peta Credlin .
(13) Door-to-door immunizations and a community canvass for susceptibles were marshalled to quell a rubeola outbreak in Norfolk, one of 25 outbreaks reported in Virginia from January through August 1977.
(14) Egypt has been struggling to quell a jihadist insurgency since the military overthrew Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in 2013, focused mainly on their primary holdout in the Sinai Peninsula in the east.
(15) For one so self-conscious in his career choices, he's remarkably unself-regarding to talk to; almost as rackety and frank as Freddie Quell, his character in Paul Thomas Anderson's film – our movie of the year, of which his performance is the centrepiece.
(16) The attorney general, George Brandis, has already had to quell one burst of internal dissent when he unveiled the first tranche of national security changes during the last parliamentary sitting fortnight.
(17) Officials also recently held talks with the Russian military over a new treaty intended to help quell the rise of cyber attacks.
(18) Only hours after US and Swiss officials raided the Baur au Lac hotel in Zurich – amid the news that several senior Fifa officials faced extradition to the US on federal corruption charges – De Gregorio attempted to quell the growing storm at a press conference by describing the incident as good for Fifa.
(19) And if they don’t and won’t, we need to start redistributing shame, making people feel ashamed, so when they repeat what the FN is saying, we reply, ‘ Quelle honte !’ [Shame on you].
(20) The city is haunted by memories of the regime's tactics: In 1982, Assad's father and predecessor, Hafez, ordered the military to quell a rebellion by Syrian members of the Muslim Brotherhood movement there, sealing off Hama in an assault that killed between 10,000 and 25,000 people.