Defiance and Encounter

Defiance

Defiance noun - Refusal to obey.

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Encounter and defiance are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Encounter" instead a noun "Defiance".

Nearby Words: defiant, defied, defiantly

Encounter noun - A brief clash between enemies or rivals.

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Defiance and encounter are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defiance" instead a noun "Encounter".

Nearby Words: encountered, encountering

normal	normal defiance	normal encounter
direct	direct defiance	direct encounter
actual	actual defiance	actual encounter
possible	possible defiance	possible encounter
Other adjectives: unexpected, earlier.

In an earlier encounter with Shelob Frodo also applies (he also has other badass moments throughout the book, such as the wight encounter, the defiance of the Riders at the Ford, and the attack on the troll in Moria).

Source: Badass Normal / Literature
In direct defiance of the fact that this trope is supposedly not seen in RPGs, World of Warcraft has one of these: the infamous "frogger" encounter in Naxxramas.

Source: Collision Damage
Defiance. Our first encounter with Nolan and Irisa, the two main characters of the show, has an awkward silence broken with Nolan turning on the radio, only to hear Johnny Cash and June Carter singing 'Jackson', which, in the year 2046, is more than a bit country and old-fashioned.

Source: AM/FM Characterization

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