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defied

[ dih-fahyd ]

adjective

  1. 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

  1. the simple past tense and past participle of defy.
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ܲ··ھ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of defied1

First recorded in 1810–20; defy ( def ) + -ed 2( def ) for the adjective; defy ( def ) + -ed 1( def ) for the verb
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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.

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In January, as he defied attempts to arrest him, the president told supporters that he was watching their rallies on YouTube livestream.

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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.

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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.

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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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