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Another word for resistant

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Adjective

  1. Having the capacity to withstand

    See also:

    resist

  2. Tending to resist, as an influence or idea

    See also:

    resist

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Another word for resistant

Modifier

  1. Antagonistic

    See also:

    rebellious

    opposing

  2. Impervious

    See also:

    tight

    immune

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Sentence Examples

  • The exposed strata are in large part resistant sandstones.

  • - The method employed is to select, for seed purposes, plants which are resistant to the particular disease.

  • They are the most resistant to unfavourable conditions of environment, and are able, by a process of parthenogenesis, to give rise to ordinary, indifferent forms again, which can repopulate the gnat.

  • The substance is very resistant to the action of chemical reagents, to digestion, and possibly belongs to the glyco-proteids.

  • In 1953, he developed a method to make strains of wheat highly resistant to a single form of rust.

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