Synonyms for defied
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1. List of paraphrases for "defied":

   challenged, braved, disobeyed

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1. Carsten Brzeski:

   Boom. German industrial orders just defied any concerns about a slowdown of the economy due to the Chinese slowdown or Greek turbulence, today's numbers show that the German economy could take the current positive momentum into the third quarter.

2. Matthew McReynolds:

   Acalanes High School and the district have defied common sense, ignored the law and broken parents’ trust, these administrators are acting like schoolyard bullies. If they think intimidation is going to work on us or these parents, they are greatly mistaken.

3. Ron DeSantis:

   We defied the experts, we bucked the elites, we ignored the chatter, we did it our way, the Florida way.

4. Jeremy Kress:

   In 2008, it made sense. At the end of last year, the short-term funding market defied any rational explanation.

5. Clifford Sloan:

   When people look at the Supreme Court, they try to put people in factions-- liberals or conservatives, justiceStevens, from his first day on the Supreme Court, has defied labels. He approached cases on his own terms and he frequently comes up with original ways of approaching cases and the issues that have carried the day.