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defiance

  • EN [ dɪˈfaɪəns]
  • US [ dɪˈfaɪəns]
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English definition

    Noun

  • 1. intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude

  • 2. a hostile challenge

  • 3. a defiant act

Example sentences

  • They went in defiance of the order.

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  • It had perhaps been his boyish defiance.

  • He slammed the door in a spirit of defiance.

  • Some even continued celebrating, in defiance of the smoke seeping into the rooms.

  • However, an entity created in defiance of the principle cannot recognized as a state.

  • With such precautions the courtiers might bid defiance to contagion.

  • Olny at this moment. we decided to bid defiance to the violence using violence.

  • He read through her eager defiance to the guilty truth.

  • There the dwarf lay, snapping his fingers with gestures of defiance and contempt.

  • He yelled his defiance.

  • He glared defiance at me.

  • Pain replied to the prosecution by defiance and inflammatory speeches.

  • He seemed amused rather than offended by Ellen's defiance.

  • The company had been dumping their waste into the sea, in defiance of government regulations.

  • She acted in defiance of my orders.

  • And I see a whole army of my countrymen here in defiance of tyranny.

  • The protesters showed their defiance of the official ban on demonstrations.

  • The prisoner glared defiance at the soldiers as they prepared to shoot him.

  • Lewis cynical defiance of federal authority was more than Congress would tolerate.

  • Mr Nardelli reacted to criticism of his pay with defiance.

  • They glared defiance at me.

  • His defiance of the law cost him his life.

  • Some supporters of the Chiang Ching group are reported to have shown defiance.

  • But only now is that birth being refused all guardianship, in defiance of international law.

  • This is a defiance of commercial banks, away from the root cause of small depositors.

  • He climbed the ladder in defiance of the warning.

  • Their love of life comes in spite of, almost in defiance of, considerable hardship.

  • Thousands of people have taken to the streets in defiance of the curfew.

Phrase collocation

  • in defiance of

    In spite of; contrary to

    • went on strike in defiance of union policy.

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