Maintain and Resist

Maintain

Maintain verb - To keep in good condition.

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Resist and maintain are semantically related In some cases you can use "Resist" instead a verb "Maintain".

Resist verb - To refuse to give in to.

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Maintain and resist are semantically related in withstand topic. Sometimes you can use "Maintain" instead a verb "Resist".

power	maintain power	resist power
strength	maintain strength	resist strength
control	maintain control	resist control
pressure	maintain pressure	resist pressure
Other words: form, rule, authority, empire, powers, weapons.

Black Flag looks at The Golden Age of Piracy with a pro-pirate perspective, showing them as poor sailors trying to resist Empires that compete to maintain the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea safe largely so that they can maintain routes for slave trade.

Source: Franchise / Assassin's Creed
Naturally, Cloud is able to resist it long enough to maintain his Badass-edness, but it isn't until his stigma is cured that he actually stops being mopey and truly becomes his Badass Super Soldier self.

Source: Retcon / Video Games
Through the Manuscript we learn how the Iron Heel rose to power, first in the United States and later throughout the world, what measures they took to maintain that power (it ain't pretty), and what Everhard and his allies did to try and resist them.

Source: Literature / The Iron Heel

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