Challenged
Challenged adjective - Deprived of the power to perform one or more natural bodily activities.
Dared and challenged are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Dared" instead a verb "Challenged".
Dared
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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In the first season of the Initial D anime, people frequently dared Takumi to be badass when he was challenged to races — and he invariably responded to it with intransigence, only being willing to race on his own terms.
Source: Dare to Be Badass -
Rather than rely on sorcerous gimmicks to trick the giant, Loki simply took the boy, and challenged the giant to come and get the boy if he still dared, whereupon the giant then promptly fell dead into the boobytrap Loki set specifically for him.
Source: Cutting the Knot
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