German-English translations for konterkarieren

cross
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Put a cross for a wrong answer and a tick for a right one.Criminals were commonly executed on a wooden cross.She made the cross after swearing.
foil
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to foil the scent in hunting

go againstWhat he did goes against the rules.This sentence goes against English grammar.What she said in court today went against them.
thwartTo stand by and watch would thus be to thwart the efforts made over the years to fight side by side against an ever-present threat. Daher würde nur tatenloses Zusehen die Anstrengungen konterkarieren, die in den letzten Jahren zur gemeinsamen Bekämpfung einer allgegenwärtigen Bedrohung unternommen wurden. Our plans for a picnic were thwarted by the thunderstormThe police thwarted the would-be assassin