militate against

militate against
Synonyms and related words:
antagonize, battle, be antipathetic, be inimical, beat against, beat up against, breast the wave, buck, buffet, buffet the waves, clash, close with, collide, combat, compete with, conflict, conflict with, confute, contend against, contest, contradict, contrapose, contravene, counter, counteract, counterattack, counterpose, countervail, counterwork, cross, fight, fight against, go against, go counter to, grapple with, interfere with, join battle with, labor against, lock horns, meet head-on, offer resistance, oppose, oppugn, reluct, reluctate, resist, rival, run against, run counter to, stem the tide, strive against, struggle against, swim upstream, take on, vie with, work against

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  • militate against — ˈmilitate a ˌgainst [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they militate against he/she/it militates against present participle militating against past tense …   Useful english dictionary

  • militate against — mil i*tate a*gainst , v. t. To argue against; to cast doubt on; used in reference to facts which tend to disprove a hypothesis; as, the absence of a correlation of budget deficits with inflation militates against any causal relation between the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • militate against — index counter, counteract, countervail, oppugn Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • militate against — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms militate against : present tense I/you/we/they militate against he/she/it militates against present participle militating against past tense militated against past participle militated against formal militate… …   English dictionary

  • militate against — phr verb Militate against is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑factor …   Collocations dictionary

  • militate against something — ˈmilitate against sth derived (formal) to prevent sth; to make it difficult for sth to happen or exist Syn: ↑hinder • The supervisor s presence militated against a relaxed atmosphere. Main entry: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • militate against — (of a fact or circumstance) be a powerful or conclusive factor in preventing. → militate …   English new terms dictionary

  • militate against — War against, contend against, operate against, be opposed to, be repugnant to, be hostile to …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • militate against — Syn: work against, hinder, discourage, be prejudicial to, be detrimental to …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • militate — militate, mitigate The two words are sometimes confused (usually mitigate is used for militate) because both meanings are connected with having a reducing effect and their forms and rhythm are close. Mitigate is transitive (i.e. it takes an… …   Modern English usage

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