The Clue
Freedom fighters (10 letter answer)
The Answer
RESISTANCE
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Notes
The answer RESISTANCE is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
RESISTANCE as a noun:
1. (resistance, opposition) = the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with; "he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens"; "despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead"
2. any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
3. (electric resistance, electrical resistance, impedance, resistance, resistivity, ohmic resistance) = a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
4. the military action of resisting the enemy's advance; "the enemy offered little resistance"
5. (immunity, resistance) = (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
6. (underground, resistance) = a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force
7. the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)
8. (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness
9. (resistor, resistance) = an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current
10. group action in opposition to those in power