counter-magic

alternative countermagic

1. uncountableMagic used to counteract or protect against a spell or enchantment.

   The Lisu of the northern Thai highlands feared witchcraft acutely but relied on service magicians or private counter-magic to keep them at bay.

   2017, Ronald Hutton, The Witch, Yale University Press, published 2018, page 25

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   After 1736 when the possibility of formal prosecution was no longer open, villagers turned to informal violence, counter-magic and the occasional lynching.

   1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 563

   Particularly in Catholic areas, countermagic could employ sacred objects such as holy water or consecrated wafers, or the recitation of particular prayers.

   2003, William E Burns, Witch Hunts in Europe and America: An Encyclopedia, page 58