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Oppose others taking lives (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

resist

'oppose' is the definition.
(resisting is a kind of opposing)

'others taking lives' is the wordplay.
'others' becomes 'rest' (eg the rest of a group).
'taking' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'lives' becomes 'is' ('be' can be a synonym of 'live').
'rest' enclosing 'is' is 'RESIST'.

(Other definitions for resist that I've seen before include "Defy for sister" , "Endure" , "Combat" , "Put up opposition, defy" , "Take stand against, oppose" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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