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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "resist"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻšāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧāĻŋāϤāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to use force to prevent something from happening or to fight against an attack
Transitive: to resist an attack
to resist definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He was charged with resisting arrest after struggling with the police officers who were trying to apprehend him.
āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ—ā§āϰ⧇āĻĢāϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻĒ⧁āϞāĻŋāĻļ āĻ…āĻĢāĻŋāϏāĻžāϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āϘāĻ°ā§āώ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝ⧋āϗ⧇ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻšā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to withstand or endure something, particularly a force, influence, or pressure
Transitive: to resist a force or pressure
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The team managed to resist the pressure and won the game.
āĻĻāϞāϟāĻŋ āϚāĻžāĻĒ āϏāĻšā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻ•ā§āώāĻŽ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϖ⧇āϞāĻžāϟāĻŋ āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧāĻŋāϤāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to actively challenge, oppose, or work against something
Transitive: to resist an idea or change
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The activists resisted the construction of the new highway by organizing protests.
āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āϰāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώ⧋āĻ­ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻšāĻžāχāĻ“āϝāĻŧ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāϪ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧāĻŋāϤāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to actively refuse to comply with or give in to something, such as a demand, order, or influence
Transitive: to resist sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The group resisted the rules imposed by the authority, challenging them at every turn.
āĻ—ā§āϰ⧁āĻĒāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āϤ⧃āĻĒāĻ•ā§āώ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āφāϰ⧋āĻĒāĻŋāϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻĻāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧇āĻžā§āϜ āϜāĻžāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

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