counterpressure

plural counterpressures

1. countableuncountablePressure applied in one direction to counterbalance pressure from another.

   1 more example

   Gradually, as the furor over Cape Wind gained national attention (in part because of an article in The New York Times Magazine), environmental groups like Greenpeace and powerful politicians in favor of alternative energy projects began to apply effective counterpressure. Mr. Cronkite, after sitting down and talking over the project with Mr. Gordon, withdrew his opposition.

   2007 May 25, William Grimes, “Gone With the Windmill Farms, or, a Cape Cod Cautionary Tale”, in New York Times

present singular third person counterpressures · participle present counterpressuring · participle past counterpressured · past counterpressured

1. transitiveTo apply pressure to (something) in one direction to counterbalance pressure from another.