- defy, resist, refuse - elude, especially in a baffling way; "This behavior defies explanation"
--1 is one way to elude, escape
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Something ----s something
- resist, hold out, withstand, stand firm - stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something
--2 is one way to fight, oppose, fight back, fight down, defend
Antonyms: surrender, give up
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun resistance4
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- protest, resist, dissent - express opposition through action or words; "dissent to the laws of the country"
--3 is one way to oppose, controvert, contradict
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
- resist, stand, fend - withstand the force of something; "The trees resisted her"; "stand the test of time"; "The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow"
--4 is one way to fight, oppose, fight back, fight down, defend
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Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- resist, reject, refuse - resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor"
--5 is one way to react, respond
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Something ----s something
- resist, balk, baulk, jib - refuse to comply
--6 is one way to disobey
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun resister2, noun resister1, noun resistance10
They resist moving