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Verbs
(v)
defy
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resist
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refuse
elude, especially in a baffling way
“This behavior defies explanation”
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(v)
resist
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hold out
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withstand
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stand firm
stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something
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(v)
protest
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resist
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dissent
express opposition through action or words
“dissent to the laws of the country”
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(v)
resist
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stand
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fend
withstand the force of something
“The trees resisted her”
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“stand the test of time”
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“The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow”
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(v)
resist
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reject
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refuse
resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ
“His body rejected the liver of the donor”
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(v)
resist
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balk
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baulk
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jib
refuse to comply
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