resistance

resistance
noun
1 trying to stop sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ considerable, great, massive, stiff, strong, substantial
▪ determined, fierce, heroic, serious, spirited (esp. BrE), stubborn
▪ effective
▪ token
▪ active
▪ passive
▪ collective, organized
▪ widespread
▪ armed, military
▪ non-violent, violent
▪ political
▪ popular, public
▪ guerrilla, peasant
▪ initial
VERB + RESISTANCE
▪ mount, offer, put up
▪

They mounted stiff resistance to the proposal.

▪ encounter, face, find, meet, meet with, run into
▪

The advancing army met with little resistance.

▪ break, break down, crush, overcome
RESISTANCE + VERB
▪ stiffen
▪ collapse, crumble
▪ be futile
RESISTANCE + NOUN
▪ movement
▪ fighter, forces, group, leader, member, worker (esp. BrE)
PREPOSITION
▪ without resistance
▪

The attacks did not take place without resistance.

▪ resistance against
▪

armed resistance against the invaders

▪ resistance to
▪

There was fierce resistance to the new laws.

PHRASES
▪ the line of least resistance, the path of least resistance (= the easiest way of doing sth)
▪ a pocket of resistance (= an area of resistance)
2 to a disease/drugs
ADJECTIVE
▪ high
▪ increased
▪ low
▪ disease
▪ antibiotic, drug, pesticide
▪ bacterial
VERB + RESISTANCE
▪ have
▪ build up, develop
▪

You need to build up your resistance to colds.

▪ lower
PREPOSITION
▪ resistance to
▪

AIDS lowers the body's resistance to infection.


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