organized resistance

collocation in English

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organized
adjective
uk
/ˈɔː.ɡən.aɪzd/us
/ˈɔːr.ɡən.aɪzd/
arranged according to a ...
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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 oforganizedandresistancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Facing noorganizedresistance, the mechanismic view now dominates discussions of causality.
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But suchorganizedresistancewas rare, and once called up, few soldiers dodged conscription and even fewer deserted.
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The losers in global restructuring then try to reassert themselves throughorganizedresistance.
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Thus, though they held the proposed power plant under suspicion, localorganizedresistancedid not begin until 1988.
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Tuhadeleni never left for exile butorganizedresistancefrom within.
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While such outbursts scarcely provided evidence for participation inorganizedresistance, they understandably raised loyalist anxieties, and hint that the plotters' sentiments were possibly more widely held than hitherto realized.
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In some cases, of course, the elitesorganizedresistanceto the various policies of the colonial power or even tried to appropriate some of the government's policies to their advantage.
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In about 20 days of fighting the island was declared free oforganizedresistance.
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As they marched from the town, the first signs oforganizedresistancebegan to appear.
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Not meeting anyorganizedresistance, they plundered churches and monasteries for about a month.
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Those difficult years saworganizedresistanceby residents who forcefully resisted efforts by city marshals to evict families.
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However, after they learned that people were formingorganizedresistanceagainst them, they were shocked.
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Almonte led the lastorganizedresistanceof the panicked army.
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Heorganizedresistancegroups and trained many other guerrilla fighters.
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The concept behind the term, that of locallyorganizedresistanceto unwanted land uses, is likely to have originated earlier.
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