militate against (?.)

• antagonize
• battle
• be antipathetic
• be inimical
• beat against
• beat up against
• breast the wave
• buck
• buffet
• buffet the waves
• clash
• close with
• collide
• combat
• compete with
• conflict
• conflict with
• confute
• contend against
• contest
• contradict
• contrapose
• contravene
• counter
• counteract
• counterattack
• counterpose
• countervail
• counterwork
• cross
• fight
• fight against
• go against
• go counter to
• grapple with
• interfere with
• join battle with
• labor against
• lock horns
• meet head-on
• offer resistance
• oppose
• oppugn
• reluct
• reluctate
• resist
• rival
• run against
• run counter to
• stem the tide
• strive against
• struggle against
• swim upstream
• take on
• vie with
• work against