противостоять meaning in English

counter [countered, countering, counters]▼(to contradict, oppose)
verb
[UK: ˈkaʊn.tə(r)] [US: ˈkaʊn.tər]

counteract [counteracted, counteracting, counteracts]▼(to act in opposition to)
verb
[UK: ˌkaʊn.tə.ˈrækt] [US: ˈkaʊn.tə.ˌrækt]

repel [repelled, repelling, repels]▼(to ward off)
verb
[UK: rɪ.ˈpel] [US: rə.ˈpel]

resist [resisted, resisting, resists]▼(to withstand actions or effects of)
verb
[UK: rɪ.ˈzɪst] [US: rə.ˈzɪst]

confront [confronted, confronting, confronts]▼(to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance)
verb
[UK: kən.ˈfrʌnt] [US: kən.ˈfrənt]

oppose [opposed, opposing, opposes]▼(to attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.)
verb
[UK: ə.ˈpəʊz] [US: əˈpoʊz]

withstand [withstood, withstood, withstanding, withstands]▼(to resist)
verb
[UK: wɪð.ˈstænd] [US: wɪð.ˈstænd]