militate+against
121contradict — Synonyms and related words: abjure, abrogate, agree to disagree, annul, answer, answer conclusively, antagonize, argue down, assert the contrary, be antipathetic, be at cross purposes, be contrary to, be inimical, be opposed to, beat against,… …
122interfere — Synonyms and related words: antagonize, arrest, baffle, balk, bar, barge in, be antipathetic, be inimical, beat against, block, bottle up, break in, break in upon, burst in, busybody, butt in, charge in, check, clash, collide, come between,… …
123oppugn — Synonyms and related words: antagonize, battle, be antipathetic, be at cross purposes, be contrary to, be inimical, be opposed to, beat against, belie, call into question, challenge, clash, collide, conflict, conflict with, confute, contest,… …
124Sound level meter — Type 1 Sound Level Meter (Shown: Svantek 979) Sound level meters measure sound pressure level and are commonly used in noise pollution studies for the quantification of almost any noise, but especially for industrial, environmental and aircraft… …
125Epistles (Plato) — The Epistles of Plato are a series of thirteen letters traditionally included in the Platonic corpus. Their authenticity has been the subject of some dispute, and scholarly consensus has shifted back and forth over time. By the close of the… …
126Epistles of Saint John — Epistles of Saint John † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Epistles of Saint John Three canonical books of the New Testament written by the Apostle St. John. The subject will be treated under the following heads: FIRST EPISTLE I.… …
127war — n 1. combat, warfare, fighting, hostilities; clash, conflict, struggle, strife, contention; battle, contest, bout, skirmish, action, brush; collision, engagement, encounter, rencounter; fight, donnybrook, duel, joust, tilt; confrontation,… …
128mitigate — mit•i•gate [[t]ˈmɪt ɪˌgeɪt[/t]] v. gat•ed, gat•ing 1) to lessen in force or intensity; make less severe: to mitigate the harshness of a punishment[/ex] 2) to make milder or more gentle; mollify 3) to become milder; lessen in severity • Etymology …
