WORD: DEFY
MEANING:
1.
a. To oppose or resist with boldness and assurance: defied the blockade by sailing straight through it.
b. To refuse to submit to or cooperate with: defied the court order by leaving the country.
2. To be beyond the application or scope of; be contrary or resistant to: an act that defies explanation; a problem that defies any conventional approach.
3. To challenge or dare (someone) to do something: She defied her accusers to prove their charges.
4. challenged, dared
USAGE:
1. Sehwag amassed century after century, demolishing the world's best bowling attacks even as he defied every caricature of a Test match opener.
PRONOUNCE:
de·fy - डिफाइ
LINK: DEFY
MEANING:
1.
a. To oppose or resist with boldness and assurance: defied the blockade by sailing straight through it.
b. To refuse to submit to or cooperate with: defied the court order by leaving the country.
2. To be beyond the application or scope of; be contrary or resistant to: an act that defies explanation; a problem that defies any conventional approach.
3. To challenge or dare (someone) to do something: She defied her accusers to prove their charges.
4. challenged, dared
USAGE:
1. Sehwag amassed century after century, demolishing the world's best bowling attacks even as he defied every caricature of a Test match opener.
PRONOUNCE:
de·fy - डिफाइ
LINK: DEFY
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