militate against …

  1. Fiil …i çürütmek
  2. Fiil …i zayıflatmak
  3. Fiil …in aksini göstermek
  4. Fiil …in doğru olmadığını göstermek
engel olmak, önlemek.
Several factors combined to militate against the success of our plan. The fact
that he'd been in prison militated against his chances of getting fresh employment.