Challenge and Withstand

Challenge

Challenge verb - To demand proof of the truth or rightness of.

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Withstand and challenge are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Withstand" instead a verb "Challenge".

Withstand verb - To refuse to give in to.

Usage example: trying to withstand the temptation to use the beautiful weather as an excuse to take a mental health day

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Challenge and withstand are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Challenge" instead a verb "Withstand".

Nearby Word: withstanding

In Total Drama Island when one of the challenges the campers face is to withstand ten seconds of torture, Izzy gets the challenge of being electrocuted by electric eels.

Source: Too Kinky to Torture
NEVER challenge or anger her - you can't withstand her wrath.

Source: Inexplicably Awesome
Done in Valkyria Chronicles in which the opening narration is by a novelist who wrote about the war described in the game and talks about how Gallia would come to withstand the invasion and would challenge one of the continent's great powers.

Source: Foregone Conclusion

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