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defied
[ dih-fahyd ]
adjective
- challenged or resisted boldly or openly; rebelled against:
Both novels end with a degree of reconciliation and acceptance between the defied parent and the wayward child.
verb
- the simple past tense and past participle of defy.
Other 51Թ Forms
- ܲ··ھ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of defied1
Example Sentences
Blink-182 made its famed name on a brand of boyish, humor-laden punk songs that defied the grunge trend of the early 1990s to top Billboard charts and achieve platinum sales.
In January, as he defied attempts to arrest him, the president told supporters that he was watching their rallies on YouTube livestream.
If the teen dished out a beating to a misbehaving kid — someone who cursed at officers or defied their orders — he would be rewarded with In-N-Out, Jack in the Box, McDonald’s or Chick-fil-A.
The planes landed at their destination in El Salvador, and the judge has been tussling with the president’s lawyers about whether they defied his order.
Chanting "rights, law, justice", people of all ages defied a government ban on gatherings to protest against what they see as an unlawful detention.
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