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militate: have force or influence; bring about an effect or change; "Politeness militated against this opinion being expressed"

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struggle against collapse

work against collapse

join battle collapse: engage in a conflict; "The battle over health care reform was joined"

go against collapse

compete collapse: compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others

militate against collapse

oppugn collapse

strive against collapse

vie collapse

antagonize collapse: provoke the hostility of; "Don't antagonize your boss"; act in opposition to

confute collapse

reluct collapse

countervail collapse

counterpose collapse

grapple with collapse

meet head on collapse

operate collapse: happen; "What is going on in the minds of the people?"; handle and cause to function; "do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol"; "control the lever"; direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.; "She is running a relief operation in the Sudan"

resist collapse: 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"; stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something; refuse to comply; resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor"

counteract collapse: oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions; "This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues"

run against collapse

percolate collapse: the product of percolation; pass through; "Water permeates sand easily"; cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent; prepare in a percolator; "percolate coffee"; spread gradually; "Light percolated into our house in the morning"

interfere collapse: come between so as to be hindrance or obstacle; "Your talking interferes with my work!"

weigh collapse: to be oppressive or burdensome; "weigh heavily on the mind", "Something pressed on his mind"; determine the weight of; "The butcher weighed the chicken"; have a certain weight

collide collapse: crash together with violent impact; "The cars collided"; "Two meteors clashed"; cause to collide; "The physicists collided the particles"

contradict collapse: deny the truth of; be in contradiction with

perform collapse: carry out or perform an action; "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance"; give a performance (of something); "Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"; "We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera"; perform a function; "Who will perform the wedding?"

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