Related Words:
- abandon,
- abdicate,
- abjure,
- acknowledge defeat,
- assert the contrary,
- back down,
- back out,
- backwater,
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- except,
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- refuse,
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- throw away,
- throw out,
- throw up,
- turn away,
- turn out,
- unsay,
- vacate,
- waive,
- withdraw,
- yield
- 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" related words >
- antagonize,
- arrest,
- assail,
- assault,
- attack,
- baffle,
- balk,
- battle,
- be antipathetic,
- be at cross-purposes,
- be inimical,
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- bear up,
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- block,
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- bridle,
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- cross,
- curb,
- dam up,
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- foil,
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- frustrate,
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- impede,
- impugn,
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- intervene,
- join the opposition,
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- lock horns,
- meddle,
- meet head-on,
- militate against,
- not abide,
- obstruct,
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- outlast,
- play at cross-purposes,
- preclude,
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- protest,
- rebuff,
- refuse,
- repel,
- repress,
- repulse,
- restrain,
- retard,
- run against,
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- scotch,
- set back,
- slacken,
- snub,
- stand,
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- stand up against,
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- stem,
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- swim upstream,
- take issue with,
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- abandon,
- abjure,
- abolish,
- abrogate,
- annul,
- assert the contrary,
- back down,
- back out,
- backwater,
- belie,
- brush aside,
- cancel,
- cede,
- chuck,
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- climb down,
- contemn,
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- controvert,
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- crawfish out,
- cross,
- decline,
- deny,
- despise,
- disaffirm,
- disallow,
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- disapprove,
- disavow,
- discard,
- disclaim,
- discount,
- disdain,
- disgorge,
- dismiss,
- disown,
- dispense with,
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- disprove,
- dispute,
- disregard,
- do away with,
- do without,
- drop,
- dump,
- eat crow,
- eat humble pie,
- except,
- exclude,
- forgo,
- forsake,
- forswear,
- gainsay,
- get along without,
- get rid of,
- give away,
- give up,
- have done with,
- ignore,
- impugn,
- invalidate,
- join issue upon,
- kiss good-bye,
- make a sacrifice,
- make void,
- not accept,
- not admit,
- nullify,
- oppose,
- override,
- overrule,
- part with,
- pass by,
- pass up,
- push aside,
- quitclaim,
- rebuff,
- recall,
- refuse,
- refuse to admit,
- refuse to consider,
- refute,
- reject,
- relinquish,
- render up,
- renege,
- renounce,
- repeal,
- repel,
- repudiate,
- repulse,
- rescind,
- resign,
- retract,
- reverse,
- revoke,
- sacrifice,
- scout,
- set aside,
- shove away,
- spare,
- spurn,
- surrender,
- suspend,
- swallow,
- swear off,
- take back,
- take issue with,
- throw away,
- throw out,
- throw up,
- turn away,
- turn out,
- unsay,
- vacate,
- void,
- waive,
- withdraw,
- write off,
- yield
- counteract
collapse
- oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions; "This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues" related words >
- annul,
- antagonize,
- baffle,
- balance,
- balk,
- be antipathetic,
- be at cross-purposes,
- be inimical,
- be opposed to,
- beat against,
- blast,
- brave,
- bump heads,
- cancel,
- cancel out,
- challenge,
- checkmate,
- circumvent,
- clash,
- collide,
- conflict,
- conflict with,
- confound,
- confront,
- confute,
- contend,
- contradict,
- contrapose,
- contraposit,
- contrast,
- contrast with,
- contravene,
- controvert,
- correct,
- counter,
- counterattack,
- counterbalance,
- countercheck,
- countermand,
- counterpoise,
- counterpose,
- countervail,
- counterweigh,
- counterwork,
- cross,
- dash,
- defeat,
- defy,
- destroy,
- discomfit,
- disconcert,
- discountenance,
- dish,
- disrupt,
- elude,
- equiponderate,
- face,
- fix,
- flummox,
- foil,
- front,
- frustrate,
- go against,
- go counter to,
- interfere with,
- join the opposition,
- juxtapose in opposition,
- knock the chocks,
- lie opposite,
- lock horns,
- match,
- meet head-on,
- militate against,
- mitigate,
- negate,
- negative,
- neutralize,
- nonplus,
- not abide,
- nullify,
- offset,
- oppose,
- oppugn,
- perplex,
- play at cross-purposes,
- polarize,
- pose against,
- protest,
- put in opposition,
- rectify,
- redress,
- resist,
- right,
- ruin,
- run against,
- run counter to,
- sabotage,
- scotch,
- set off,
- set over against,
- spike,
- spoil,
- square,
- square up,
- stand opposed,
- stand opposite,
- stonewall,
- stump,
- subtend,
- swim upstream,
- take issue with,
- thwart,
- traverse,
- upset,
- vote against,
- withstand,
- work against
- inhibit
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- limit the range or extent of; "Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs" related words >
- arrest,
- avert,
- ban,
- bar,
- bit,
- bottle up,
- box up,
- bridle,
- cage,
- check,
- cloister,
- confine,
- constrain,
- contain,
- control,
- cool,
- cool off,
- coop,
- coop in,
- coop up,
- cork up,
- countercheck,
- crib,
- curb,
- curtail,
- dam up,
- damp,
- dampen,
- debar,
- decelerate,
- delay,
- deny,
- detain,
- disallow,
- discourage,
- dompt,
- embargo,
- encage,
- enclose,
- enjoin,
- exclude,
- exclude from,
- fence in,
- forbid,
- frustrate,
- govern,
- guard,
- hem in,
- hinder,
- hold,
- hold at bay,
- hold back,
- hold down,
- hold fast,
- hold in,
- hold in check,
- hold in custody,
- hold in leash,
- hold in restraint,
- hold up,
- immure,
- impede,
- impound,
- intercept,
- interdict,
- interfere,
- interfere with,
- intermeddle,
- interrupt,
- intervene,
- keep,
- keep back,
- keep from,
- keep in,
- keep in check,
- keep in custody,
- keep in detention,
- keep under,
- keep under control,
- lay under restraint,
- lock in,
- maintain,
- meddle,
- mew,
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- obstruct,
- oppose,
- outlaw,
- pen,
- pen up,
- pound,
- preclude,
- preserve,
- prevent,
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- proscribe,
- pull,
- pull in,
- rail in,
- refuse,
- rein,
- rein in,
- reject,
- repress,
- resist,
- restrain,
- restrict,
- retain,
- retard,
- retrench,
- rule out,
- save,
- save up,
- say no to,
- scotch,
- seal up,
- set back,
- shackle,
- shut in,
- shut out,
- shut up,
- slacken,
- slow down,
- smother,
- snub,
- stifle,
- stop,
- straiten,
- sublimate,
- suppress,
- taboo,
- wall in,
- ward,
- withhold
- abjure
collapse
- formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs" related words >
- abandon,
- abdicate,
- acknowledge defeat,
- assert the contrary,
- back down,
- back out,
- backwater,
- belie,
- brush aside,
- cease,
- cede,
- chuck,
- chuck out,
- climb down,
- come off,
- contemn,
- contest,
- contradict,
- contravene,
- controvert,
- counter,
- crawfish out,
- cross,
- cry quits,
- cut out,
- decline,
- deny,
- desert,
- desist,
- desist from,
- despise,
- disaffirm,
- disallow,
- disapprove,
- disavow,
- discard,
- disclaim,
- discontinue,
- discount,
- disdain,
- disgorge,
- dismiss,
- disown,
- dispense with,
- dispose of,
- disprove,
- dispute,
- disregard,
- disuse,
- do without,
- drop,
- dump,
- eat crow,
- eat humble pie,
- except,
- exclude,
- forgo,
- forsake,
- forswear,
- gainsay,
- get along without,
- get rid of,
- give away,
- give over,
- give up,
- hand over,
- have done with,
- ignore,
- impugn,
- join issue upon,
- kiss good-bye,
- lay down,
- leave off,
- let go,
- make a sacrifice,
- nol-pros,
- not accept,
- not admit,
- not pursue with,
- nullify,
- oppose,
- palinode,
- part with,
- pass by,
- pass up,
- push aside,
- put behind one,
- quit,
- quitclaim,
- rebuff,
- recall,
- recant,
- refuse,
- refuse to admit,
- refuse to consider,
- refute,
- reject,
- relinquish,
- render up,
- renege,
- renounce,
- repel,
- repudiate,
- repulse,
- resign,
- retract,
- revoke,
- sacrifice,
- scout,
- shove away,
- spare,
- spurn,
- stop,
- surrender,
- swallow,
- swear off,
- take back,
- take issue with,
- throw away,
- throw out,
- throw up,
- turn away,
- turn out,
- unsay,
- vacate,
- waive,
- withdraw,
- yield
- differentiate
collapse
- become distinct and acquire a different character
- become different during development; "cells differentiate"
- calculate a derivative; take the derivative related words >
- adapt,
- adjust,
- alter,
- analyze,
- anatomize,
- argue,
- atomize,
- be characteristic,
- be indicative of,
- be significant of,
- be symptomatic of,
- bespeak,
- betoken,
- break up,
- calibrate,
- calibrated,
- change,
- characterize,
- chop logic,
- comprehend,
- connote,
- contradistinguish,
- contrast,
- convert,
- decrease,
- define,
- demarcate,
- demark,
- denominate,
- denote,
- describe,
- desynonymize,
- differ,
- difference,
- discern,
- disclose,
- discriminate,
- disequalize,
- disjoin,
- display,
- dissent,
- distinguish,
- disunify,
- divaricate,
- diverge,
- diversify,
- divide,
- draw the line,
- earmark,
- entail,
- express,
- extricate,
- give evidence,
- give token,
- gradational,
- grade,
- gradual,
- graduate,
- graduated,
- hierarchic,
- highlight,
- hint,
- identify,
- increase,
- indicate,
- individualize,
- individuate,
- involve,
- keynote,
- make a distinction,
- manifest,
- mark,
- mark off,
- mark out,
- mark the interface,
- mean,
- modify,
- note,
- oppose,
- particularize,
- personalize,
- pick out,
- progressive,
- refine a distinction,
- regular,
- relieve,
- reveal,
- scalar,
- screen,
- screen out,
- segregate,
- select,
- separate,
- set a limit,
- set apart,
- set off,
- set the pace,
- set the tone,
- sever,
- severalize,
- shade off,
- show,
- sieve,
- sieve out,
- sift,
- sift out,
- signify,
- sort,
- sort out,
- sound the keynote,
- specialize,
- split hairs,
- stand for,
- subdivide,
- subtilize,
- suggest,
- symptomatize,
- symptomize,
- tell apart,
- testify,
- transform,
- transmute,
- understand,
- variate,
- variegate,
- vary,
- winnow
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