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Deforcement :: Deforcement (n.) Resistance to an officer in the execution of law.

-ance :: -ance () A suffix signifying action; also, quality or state; as, assistance, resistance, appearance, elegance. See -ancy..

Whiteboy :: Whiteboy (a.) One of an association of poor Roman catholics which arose in Ireland about 1760, ostensibly to resist the collection of tithes, the members of which were so called from the white shirts they wore in their nocturnal raids..

Ineluctable :: Ineluctable (a.) Not to be overcome by struggling; irresistible; inevitable.

Combat :: Combat (v. t.) To fight with; to oppose by force, argument, etc.; to contend against; to resist..

Hard :: Hard (superl.) Difficult to resist or control; powerful.

Resistful :: Resistful (a.) Making much resistance.

Force :: Force (n.) To constrain to do or to forbear, by the exertion of a power not resistible; to compel by physical, moral, or intellectual means; to coerce; as, masters force slaves to labor..

Almighty :: Almighty (a.) Unlimited in might; omnipotent; all-powerful; irresistible.

Fan :: Fan (n.) Any revolving vane or vanes used for producing currents of air, in winnowing grain, blowing a fire, ventilation, etc., or for checking rapid motion by the resistance of the air; a fan blower; a fan wheel..

Resist :: Resist (v. t.) To be distasteful to.

Theomachist :: Theomachist (n.) One who fights against the gods; one who resists God of the divine will.

Sea Wall :: Sea wall () A wall, or embankment, to resist encroachments of the sea..

Opposition :: Opposition (n.) The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance..

Counter Brace :: Counter brace () A brace, in a framed structure, which resists a strain of a character opposite to that which a main brace is designed to receive..

Overpress :: Overpress (v. t.) To bear upon with irresistible force; to crush; to overwhelm.

Spurn :: Spurn (v. i.) To manifest disdain in rejecting anything; to make contemptuous opposition or resistance.

Kleptomania :: Kleptomania (n.) A propensity to steal, claimed to be irresistible. This does not constitute legal irresponsibility..

Contradict :: Contradict (v. t.) To be contrary to; to oppose; to resist.

Short-circuit :: Short-circuit (v. t.) To join, as the electrodes of a battery or dynamo or any two points of a circuit, by a conductor of low resistance..

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