"defy" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

defy verbo

defy + sustantivo

Kolokacji: 61

defy orders • defy gravity • defy death • defy logic • defy expectations • defy the laws • defy description • defy authority • ...

verbo + defy

Kolokacji: 6

seem to defy • continue to defy • dare defy • continue defying • mean defying • ...

defy + preposición

Kolokacji: 8

defy in • defy on • defy with • defy by • defy from • ...

defy + adjetivo/adverbio

Kolokacji: 9

openly defy • repeatedly defied • successfully defy • simply defy • consistently defied • ...

Kolokacji: 1

Grup znaczeniowych: 1

Kolokacji: 9

1. openly defy = otwarcie przeciwstaw się openly defy

2. repeatedly defied = ciągle przeciwstawić się repeatedly defied

3. successfully defy = z powodzeniem przeciwstaw się successfully defy

4. simply defy = po prostu przeciwstaw się simply defy

5. consistently defied = konsekwentnie przeciwstawić się consistently defied

6. somehow defy = jakoś przeciwstaw się somehow defy

7. publicly defy = publicznie przeciwstaw się publicly defy

On Wednesday, one of the country's most powerful security officials, Maj. Gen. Jamil Sayeed, publicly defied demands for his resignation.
He publicly defied ban Dragutin Karoly Khuen-Héderváry.
When you publicly defied the Tonton Macoute, we knew that Calixte would be driven to get even with you.
When she traveled to Massachusetts a third time with a group of Quakers to publicly defy the law, she was arrested and sentenced to death.
Terry publicly defied the National Hurricane Center forecast track which still took the center of the hurricane toward Tampa on August 13, 2004.
In a notable incident, Haycock publicly defied Manchester City Council's bylaws prohibiting the playing of games in city parks on Sundays.
Impastato publicly defied the Mafia by using humor, his voice, and influence over his listeners.
The Church Speaks Out For the first time since the crisis began last year, the Catholic Church publicly defied the regime.
Not only did he refuse to raise his baton and play their tune, but he publicly defied both dictators as well.
The first women to publicly defy the law and convention were movie starlets and models at Cannes and Saint-Tropez on the French Riviera.

8. seemingly defy = pozornie przeciwstaw się seemingly defy

9. deliberately defy = rozmyślnie przeciwstaw się deliberately defy

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