resistance
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- noun
- /rɪˈzɪstəns/
- But this level of colonial resistance to the British was a surprise.
- armed resistance
- a resistance movement
- resistance groups
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Watch on YouTubeNegrin is insistent that resistance must continue at all costs.
- Negrin is insistent that resistance must continue at all costs.
- During his work in the French Resistance against the Nazis.
- Patrick Swayze and his team of football players who formed a resistance with the Iraqis.
- So we can have resistance and we can rebel in our own way.
- What kind of resistance group are these guys all a part of?
- And the resistance is not just starting now.
- They had been been trained not to resist in non violence resistance and proper, you know, advocacy.
- So I think we should fund a coalition of the resistance.
Examples
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She's betrayed the resistance and must be considered a threat.
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Citizens of America, we are now closer than ever to a historic victory as we eliminate the final pockets of resistance.
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Or learn about the secret student resistance known as the White Rose.
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Perhaps in this campaign they were met with resistance by land or by water.
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What kind of resistance group are these guys all a part of?
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There is a small resistance movement.
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Both put up determined resistance but were taken by winter.
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My camp was liberated by the Resistance.
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Starting in 2009, strong grassroots resistance has been mounting against the growing "crimmigration" system.
Academic text (2012) -
The Polish Home Army was the largest resistance movement of World War II.
Synonyms
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The act of resisting an idea, plan, or change
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A group of people who use weapons to fight the government
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A group of people who rise up and use force to oppose the government
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A planned action by a group, often using weapons or secret actions, to take control from the government
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A violent attempt to remove a government or ruler
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A secret group that tries to resist or overthrow a government
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A group of armed fighters who use sudden attacks against a larger army in rural areas
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A group of people who try to change or remove a government by force
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An organized group fighting against the government, often using weapons
Antonyms
Compounds
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A way to act against authority without violence, for example by refusing to cooperate
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A way of opposing a government without using violence, for example by refusing to obey laws
A Palestinian political and armed group called Hamas that fights Israel and seeks to replace it with an Islamic state
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The amount a material stops or slows the flow of electric current
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A measure of how much a part in an electrical circuit stops the flow of electricity, for example the ohm
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A tool that measures temperature by how easily electricity passes through a metal wire
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A machine that heats things by passing electricity through a metal wire
A Spanish armed group that tried to overthrow the government to make a communist state
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A device that measures very high temperatures by watching how electricity in a hot wire changes
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How much a material stops electric current while voltage and current change together
How Strong
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- Literature
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Resistance comes from the Latin parts re- 'back' and sistere 'to stand', which gives the image of people who 'stand against' an enemy, so a resistance group is a band that fights or opposes an occupier.