Crossword-Solution: RESISTANCE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Resistance | n. | The act of resisting; opposition, passive or active. |
| Resistance | n. | The quality of not yielding to force or external pressure; that power of a body which acts in opposition to the impulse or pressure of another, or which prevents the effect of another power; as, the resistance of the air to a body passing through it; the resistance of a target to projectiles. |
| Resistance | n. | A means or method of resisting; that which resists. |
| Resistance | n. | A certain hindrance or opposition to the passage of an electrical current or discharge offered by conducting bodies. It bears an inverse relation to the conductivity, -- good conductors having a small resistance, while poor conductors or insulators have a very high resistance. The unit of resistance is the ohm. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| RESISTANCE | anagram | ANCESTRIES |
We have 35 clues for the answer “RESISTANCE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| opposition to change | 1 answer |
| Underground movement. | 1 answer |
| Denominator of Ohm's law | 1 answer |
| Freedom fighters | 1 answer |
| There's none in superconductivity | 1 answer |
| The Maquis of France, W. W. II. | 1 answer |
| Superconductivity's lack | 1 answer |
| Source of friction | 1 answer |
| Opposition to the Galactic Empire, in "Star Wars" | 1 answer |
| Organized underground movement. | 1 answer |
| Underground activity | 3 answers |
| Unwilling to move | 3 answers |
| DESPAIR (ant.) | 4 answers |
| Opposing force | 4 answers |
| cumbrance | 6 answers |
| Resiliency | 6 answers |
| Impedance | 9 answers |
| Elusion | 10 answers |
| CHARMED life | 19 answers |
| Abstention | 20 answers |
| Immunity | 22 answers |
| opponency | 26 answers |
| Halting | 31 answers |
| Underground group | 34 answers |
| Encumbrance | 40 answers |
| Backlash | 44 answers |
| ___ inhibitor | 48 answers |
| Clog | 50 answers |
| unwillingness | 51 answers |
| gang war | 54 answers |
| insurrection | 55 answers |
| Stand | 72 answers |
| Rebellion | 72 answers |
| Evasion. | 73 answers |
| Retreat | 89 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
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Sentences with RESISTANCE (5)
Now, then, what we have to do is to hoist the redskin on to it and leave her here to drown.” It was the work of one brutal moment to land the beautiful girl on the rock; she was too proud to offer a vain resistance.
Full soon Among them he arriv’d; in his right hand Grasping ten thousand Thunders, which he sent Before him, such as in thir Soules infix’d Plagues; they astonisht all resistance lost, All courage; down thir idle weapons drop’d; O’re Shields and Helmes, and helmed heads he rode Of Thrones and mighty Seraphim prostrate, That wish’d the Mountains now might be again Thrown on them as a shelter from his ire.
Upon which a Currier stood up and said, “Sirs, I differ from you altogether: there is no material for resistance equal to a covering of hides; and nothing so good as leather.” Every man for himself.
Popular resistance and changes in central policy have weakened China's population control program, which is essential to the nation's long-term economic viability.
Now loosen my hand; I will, indeed I will wear it to-night.” “And it shall be the beginning of a pleasant secret courtship of six years, with a wedding at the end?” “It must be, I suppose, since you will have it so!” she said, fairly beaten into non-resistance.
Quotes with RESISTANCE (3)
Being in a relationship with some people is like pushing a boat through sand. I used to have the time and energy for that kind of nonsense, but not anymore. Relationships should be a wonderful journey of exploration and love; not grinding resistance.
Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.
Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: CrosSynergy, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, USA TODAY, WP.
Used 11 times in crossword archives (1955–2023).