Synonyms for defied
de·fied

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1. List of paraphrases for "defied":

   challenged, braved, disobeyed

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1. Bart Gee:

   I’ve defied what doctors thought my life would be - someone who would be wheelchair bound and unable to walk.

2. Bate, Mueller & White, 1971, "Fundamentals of Astrodynamics":

   Equation (1.2-9) is a second order, nonlinear, vector, differential equation which has defied solution in its present form. It is here therefore we depart from the realities of nature to make some simplifying assumptions...

3. Stacey Abrams:

   The shutdown was a stunt engineered by the president of the United States, one that defied every tenet of fairness and abandoned not just our people but our values.

4. Edmund S. Morgan:

   Children whose curiosity survives parental discipline and who manage to grow up before they blow up are invited to join the Yale faculty. Within the university they go on asking their questions and trying to find the answers ... it is a place where the world's hostility to curiosity can be defied.

5. United States:

   While China is facing huge economic headwinds, the country has defied bearish predictions in the past, in other words, Western banks are playing the long game under the guise of portfolio diversification.