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Definition of "militates" [militates]

  • Third-person singular simple present indicative form of militate. (verb)

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Use "militates" in a sentence
  • "Chris wonders if this kind of trigger response is part of a risk averse bias which in general terms militates against innovation …"
  • "But when folks are hurting from job losses, and political sentiment militates against "outsiders," people stop acting rational."
  • "Gandhi's first Great Fast—undertaken despite his belief that hunger strikes were "the worst form of coercion, which militates against the fundamental principles of non-violence"—was launched in 1932 to prevent Untouchables from having their own reserved seats in any future Indian parliament."
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