"strenuously resisted" — Collocation dictionary inglés

strenuously resisted collocation
More popular variant: strenuously resist
Automatic translation (We do not guarantee its correctness): uparcie sprzeciwić się
  1. resist verbo + strenuously adverbio
    Very loose collocation

    Not many people get the chance to leave the human race while still alive, and he'd strenuously resisted all efforts to turn him back.