underground resistance

collocation in English

meaningsofundergroundandresistance

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underground
adjective
adverb
uk
/ˌʌn.dəˈɡraʊnd/us
/ˌʌn.dɚˈɡraʊnd/
below the surface of the earth; ...
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resistance
noun
uk
/rɪˈzɪs.təns/us
/rɪˈzɪs.təns/
the act of fighting against something that is attacking you, or refusing to ...
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(Definition ofundergroundandresistancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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If the freedom of our country were dominated by some colonial or imperialist power by force, he would be the first to join theundergroundresistancemovement, would he not?
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Upon further wandering through the sewers the group runs into the city's secretundergroundresistance.
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Damar establishes anundergroundresistancemovement, is branded a rebel and goes into hiding.
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An extendedundergroundresistanceorganization was active in the district at the time of occupation.
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They begin by selling bootleg chocolate, and go on to join anundergroundresistanceorganization.
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Children in youth movements later participated inundergroundresistanceactivities.
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Local citizens established anundergroundresistanceorganisation in spring 1942.
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He warned in early 2012 that he was in contact with sleeper cells who were organisingundergroundresistance.
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Theundergroundresistanceformed in the ghetto in mid 1941 and began planning an escape to freedom.
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The pupils of the school also took part in theundergroundresistancemovement.
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His work for theundergroundresistanceduring the war would lead to his capture and death.
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However, as anundergroundresistancemovement anarchism remains influential.
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Often however army units fought theundergroundresistance, and "vice versa".
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The renegade degens organized anundergroundresistancemovement and try to fight back by destroying the broadcast towers.
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In the course of his investigation of anundergroundresistancemovement, he uncovers a conspiracy that leads to the heart of the new world order.
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He returned the next year to organizeundergroundresistanceagainst the military government.
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Fertile humans begin anundergroundresistanceagainst the vugs, but in the ultimate ironic twist, they are replaced by vugs posing as humans.
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In the district, an extendedundergroundresistanceorganization was active.
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In the course of his investigation of anundergroundresistancemovement, he discovers a conspiracy that leads right to the heart of the new global order.
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