Can you counter spell invisibility?

No, you can't. Counterspell may only be cast "when you see a creature within 60 feet of you casting a spell" and invisibility "ends for a target that attacks or casts a spell".
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Does counterspell break invisibility?

To use a counterspell, you must select an opponent as the target of the counterspell. As my unofficial, personal read of the rules, it sure looks like a counterspell is a spell that targets a foe, and thus breaks invisibility.
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How do you counter invisibility in 5e?

You can grapple the invisible creature to keep it from moving. A pool of water or mud on the ground can give away a location too. Aoe attacks only need to know the general location of enemies. You can also use an action to look for signs of the invisible enemy and point out its location for allies.
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How do you break greater invisibility?

You can target invisible creatures

Dispel magic (PHB, pg. 234) says: Choose one creature, object or magical effect within range. It doesn't say anything about "that you can see", meaning that you don't need to be able to see the invisible creature to attempt to dispel the effect.
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Does casting a spell break greater invisibility?

Greater Invisibility is a great combat spell, since it doesn't end on any other attack or spell cast, and the duration reflects its primary use for combat situations (which last less than a minute, usually).
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Can Dispel magic remove invisibility?

Dispel magic is not an area of effect spell! Just like you can't choose a magic missile at “any orcs in the room”, you can't dispel magic “any invisibility effects in the room”.
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Does healing break invisibility?

Spells that directly cause damage, even in an AoE (such as fireball, or cone of colt), are attacks. "Healing" spells, if you mean Cure, don't break invisibility if used to heal. If you use it to hurt undead, it is considered an attack and thus would break invisibility.
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Can Blindsight see through invisibility?

Blindsight is senses without vision, so invisibility is irrelevant, however hiding behind total cover is still an option.
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Do you get advantage if your invisible?

Invisibility is a powerful combat advantage. But it doesn't work the way you think it does.
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Does summon monster break invisibility?

@TREB A foe can be within the area of a fog cloud hence ending invisibility, but no foe is subject to the effect of, for instance, summon monster I (look at the spell's Effect entry, ignoring the Effect header) hence invisibility remains intact.
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How do you fight invisible enemies in D&D?

Watching an invisible enemy's footprints will give the player an idea of their current position. There are some D&D rogue builds centered on item use and these are useful for dealing with invisible foes. Players with a little more cash could also use ball bearings or caltrops as an invisibility detector.
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Can Dragons see invisibility?

The dragon cannot see you if you have the invisibility buff, provided you are wearing no armour and do nothing aggressive.
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Can you target an invisible creature?

You absolutely can attack an invisible enemy in that situation. Unless the Invisible enemy takes the Hide action, the PC is still aware of their general location.
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How useful is invisibility 5e?

Even if someone is invisible, you are aware of its presence. You can see its footprints, hear its movement, feel the breeze it stirs as it moves. This means you can still attack it, but not as efficiently, and it can not suprise you. In game terms, your attack is with Disadvantage, and it attacks you with Advantage.
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Does invisibility give advantage on stealth?

While invisibility doesn't give advantage on Stealth checks, you cannot even attempt to Hide if you're being seen; invisibility allows you to do so at any moment. The DM can also decide that circumstances influence a roll in one direction or the other and grant advantage or impose disadvantage as a result.
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Does invisibility work underwater 5e?

Invisibility is actually plausible underwater—clear sea creatures whose bodies have the same index of refraction as water actually exist. They really can't be seen, their presence or absence has no effect on light passing through so there is nothing for eyes to detect.
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Can invisible creatures see each other?

You cannot see each other. The spell does not say that you can see each other. You might be confusing this with ethereal. Invisible creatures cannot see other invisible creatures unless they have See Invisibility, True Seeing, Blindsight, or some other ability that lets them "see" invisible creatures.
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How do you break paralysis in 5e?

There is one spell available1 to 5th Level Druids that deals with the paralyzed condition: Lesser Restoration is a 2nd level spell that explicitly cures the paralyzed condition. It is available to Bards, Clerics, Druids, Paladins, and Rangers.
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What is the principle of invisibility?

The main idea behind invisibility cloaks is to use specially engineered metamaterials with possibly anisotropic refractive index profiles to guide light rays around objects in such a way that the rays from behind the object would emerge from the cloak without their original direction altered (Fig. 3B).
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Can Truesight be blinded?

Yes, you can blind something with Truesight.

The only thing Truesight does in this case is magnify the ability that was lost to blindness: Truesight enhances one's ability to see: through magical darkness, invisibility, illusions, shapechanges, and into the Ethereal (PHB p. 185).
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Can true sight see through stealth?

Truesight pierces invisibility, illusions, darkness, and false forms. It doesn't pierce total cover or make you hear better.
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Does blindsight BEAT stealth?

Blindsight lets you spot an invisible creature in range, but that creature can still try to hide behind something with Stealth.
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Can Hallow be dispelled 5e?

As the Hallow spell is of Instantaneous duration, it may not be dispelled by Dispel Magic, which require a finite duration (even if sad duration is Permanent). Mage's Disjunction should end the effect, as it seems to have no such restriction.
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Can fog cloud be dispelled?

If you're outdoors, Control Weather (8th Lever, Cleric, Druid, Wizard) could create a strong wind to disperse fog, though it takes several minutes to take effect.
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