counterattract

counterattract
verb /ˌkaʊntəɹəˈtɹakt/
Attract at the expense of someone or something else.

The provision of nurses for them is a major problem in itself, relieved to a large extent in county districts by part-time workers, but remaining only partially solved by such methods in the cities, where more congenial occupations counterattract them.


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