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withstand English

Meaning withstand meaning

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withstand Verb

— If something can withstand something else, it can resist it. Their relationship withstood the test of time. These houses withstood the hurricane.

withstand

— verb (= defy, hold) resist or confront with resistance The politician defied public opinion The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear The bridge held — verb (= resist) stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something

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withstand English » English

resist oppose endure bear stand tolerate hold out suffer defy cope abide support stop stand up to stand up hold up hold counter antagonize ward off thwart survive stand firm put up with object last impede face encounter deal with counteract cope with controvert contravene contend with check block be against wear vote down turn thumbs down traverse tough take sustain strong enough stick out stem stay stand out

Topics withstand topics

What do people use withstand to talk about?
Social behavior Conflict Fight

Fight against something bad

Conjugation withstand conjugation

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withstand · verb

Examples withstand examples

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Simple sentences

My house is designed so as to withstand an earthquake.
My house is designed to withstand an earthquake.
One withstands the invasion of armies; one does not withstand the invasion of ideas.
Robots can withstand dangerous conditions.
I think I'll be able to withstand that.

Movie subtitles

I wonder if she's able to withstand Hell at all.
The pull is too strong to withstand and live.
We soldiers and doctors are expected to withstand anything, aren't we?
It seems you cannot withstand much, gentlemen.
Praise be to you, O Lord, for those who forgive out of love for you, and who withstand infirmity and tribulation.
Tell them I want an estimate of Troy's ability to withstand a siege.
Who shall withstand the power of God?
I am confident that no matter how searching this may be, the prisoner will withstand it.
Withstand.
Her heart cannot withstand the strain you put upon her.
No man can withstand Rome.
No nation can withstand her.
So what i assume will happen you will perhaps withstand the pressures for three or four weeks, maybe a couple of months and then you will succumb. That's, again, your nature.
There was this party, and. I knew that she was too weak to withstand the strain of it. Yet she insisted.
I knew that Daniel would never withstand the rigors of Army life.
And yet Tibetans don't just produce goods they need to withstand the life-threatening forces of nature, but also wish to make items with beauty and for decoration.
His health, fragile in the best of times, could not withstand such a strain, and shortly after the premiere he had fallen seriously ill.
What equivalent altitude pressure will this withstand?
Her heart could not withstand the strain you put upon it.
We had to learn how to walk with lead - weighted shoes on the seabed and to withstand the pressures of the water's depth.
So what i assume will happen you will perhaps withstand the pressures for three or four weeks, maybe a couple of months and then you will succumb.
Not even the steel plates of your battleships can withstand these new explosives.
You think you can withstand their torture. But you don't know.
No one can withstand the palanquins.
It can withstand any cosmic ray known.
Are you suggesting that anything in this universe can withstand a multiple thermonuclear attack?
Not only can he withstand any force we're able to throw against him, but he will actually absorb that energy.
Something that'II be strong enough to withstand anything this climate has to offer.
And I have to make myself strong, like the millenary trees so I can withstand the northern wind.
And who is man. to think he can withstand God's mighty wrath?
No human being can withstand their fire.
To what extent will the human organism be able to withstand them?

News and current affairs

But any financial system must be able to withstand shocks, including big ones.
The long overdue UN Resolution 1701 may, with its adoption, indicate that all parties are fatigued, or could no longer withstand international pressure.
Can Russian President Vladimir Putin's regime withstand a prolonged period of low energy prices and Western sanctions?
Moreover, Abdullah understands that his wobbly regime will only be able to withstand the radical gales that are now blowing if it can forge the type of stability-seeking alliance that Metternich built.
Under-60 patients are becoming more important as newer artificial joints prove their capacity to withstand more active lifestyles.
But the plant was not designed to withstand the 14-meter-high tsunami waves that swept over its protective sea wall less than an hour later.
In the absence of a compelling counter-narrative, we may be fated to find out just how much pain the victims can withstand.
With the ability of Hezbollah to withstand the Israeli onslaught and the rise of Iran as a prospective nuclear power, Israel's existence is more endangered than at any time since its birth.
Iran, Romania, and Liberia illustrate that rigid authoritarian systems cannot withstand the shocks of social, political, or economic change, especially at the pace that characterizes today's world.
Newspapers and television commentators have been relentless in reporting the scandals, helping to prove to Brazilians and foreign investors alike that the political system is sufficiently stable to withstand open criticism.
If so, and if denying food aid would result in a famine that the North Korean regime could not withstand, what could such a decision mean for eventual relations among Korean peoples living in the northern and southern parts of a unified country?
For a country to benefit from free international capital movements, however, it must have, inter alia, sound and strong financial institutions to prevent panic movements of capital and withstand systemic shocks if such movements occur.
When business, civil society, and government team up to help countries withstand disasters, they save lives, boost stability, and create opportunities that enable markets and people alike to flourish.
All of these elements are aimed at helping countries to withstand the pressure on their balance of payments that might arise from a sudden loss of confidence caused by crises in other countries.
These numbers seem to paint a comforting picture of an increasingly autonomous Asia that can better withstand the blows from the West's recurring crises.
Moreover, younger patients, at least, can better withstand the side effects of cancer treatment.
China has several sources of strength that have enabled it to withstand the tough external shocks of the last four years.
I can already hear the sound of lawyers sharpening their pencils: the offense must be defined specifically enough to withstand a human-rights challenge.
Does the system's remarkable resiliency since 2008 mean that it can withstand the next crisis?
The EU's maneuvers may stabilize Europe in the short run and help it to withstand better the current speculative attacks on some of the euro countries' government bonds, but they risk long-term destabilization.
Seventy years after the liberation of Auschwitz, can the bilateral relationship withstand the rising tide of anti-Israel sentiment in Europe?
That has jeopardized the Schengen Area of borderless travel, and some are asking whether the EU can withstand the pressure.
Yet, in many ways, accumulating reserves worked better than anyone could have imagined - countries found that they could withstand considerable shocks and growth was impressive both domestically and globally.
Governmental brutality and intimidation can withstand the march of history for years, but not indefinitely.

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