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 ~ to the proposal.
▪ encounter , face , find , meet , meet with , run into
▪
The advancing army met with little ~.
▪ 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 ~
▪
The attacks did not take place without ~.
▪ ~ against
▪
armed ~ against the invaders
▪ ~ to
▪
There was fierce ~ to the new laws.
PHRASES
▪ the line of least ~ , the path of least ~ (= the easiest way of doing sth)
▪ a pocket of ~ (= 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 ~ to colds.
▪ lower
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ to
▪
AIDS lowers the body's ~ to infection.