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struggle against

VERB

resist

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abide combat confront continue curb defy endure forgo maintain prevent refuse repel thwart turn down

STRONG

antagonize assail assault battle bear brook buck check contend counteract countervail dispute duel forbear hinder hold persevere persist refrain remain stay stonewall suffer traverse weather

WEAK

abstain from die hard fight back hold off hold out against keep from leave alone put up a fight remain firm stand up to

Antonyms

STRONGEST

OK accept aid allow assist discontinue encourage help stop surrender

STRONG

abandon advance agree cease desert give in give up go indulge leave permit quit refuse reject

WEAK

comply conform go along

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struggle against

Grossman’s work as a reporter during the Soviet Union’s struggle against Germany exceeded anything he might have accomplished as a soldier.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Evaton West may indicate that South Africans are moving beyond loyalties forged in the struggle against apartheid, said local government expert Susan Booysen.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

People there have a strong affinity to South Africa, linking their fight for independence from Sudan to the struggle against white-minority rule in South Africa.

From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026

Minju’s leaders cut their teeth in the struggle against Chun Doo-hwan’s military rule in the 1980s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026

Wasn’t the French fight for individual freedom, Jefferson asked, exactly like America’s struggle against British oppression?

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy

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