verb
ADVERB
▪ fiercely , firmly , resolutely , strenuously , strongly , vigorously
▪ successfully
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They successfully ~ed pressure from their competitors to increase prices.
▪ naturally
▪
People naturally ~ change.
▪ stubbornly
▪ actively
▪ at first , initially , so far
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He has so far ~ed pressure to resign.
VERB + RESIST
▪ be able to , can , manage to
▪ be unable to , cannot
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Trends in the national economy confront companies with pressures they are unable to ~.
▪ can hardly , cannot easily
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She could hardly ~ the urge to turn and run.
▪ can never , can no longer
▪ be difficult to , be hard to
▪ be impossible to
▪ try to
▪ be determined to
▪ be helpless to , be powerless to
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She was powerless to ~ the attraction that she felt to him.
▪ tend to
PHRASES
▪ the strength to ~ sth
Resist is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ advance , ↑ arrest , ↑ attack , ↑ attempt , ↑ attraction , ↑ bait , ↑ call , ↑ change , ↑ charm , ↑ corrosion , ↑ demand , ↑ desire , ↑ effort , ↑ eviction , ↑ evil , ↑ impact , ↑ imposition , ↑ impulse , ↑ inclination , ↑ influence , ↑ interpretation , ↑ intervention , ↑ invasion , ↑ lure , ↑ move , ↑ occupation , ↑ onslaught , ↑ oppression , ↑ overture , ↑ penetration , ↑ pressure , ↑ reform , ↑ suggestion , ↑ temptation , ↑ tendency , ↑ tyranny , ↑ urge