Defiance and Fire

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Defiance noun - Refusal to obey.

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

Nearby Words: defiant, defied, defiantly

Fire noun - A destructive burning.

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Defiance and fire are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defiance" instead a noun "Fire".

Nearby Words: fired, fireball, firing, fireside, fireplace

full	full defiance	full fire
pure	pure defiance	pure fire
normal	normal defiance	normal fire
complete	complete defiance	complete fire
Other adjectives: true, actual, constant, weak, final.

Before a character dies, they fire off a line essentially saying "I'm going to die, but our fight goes on," or otherwise demonstrating their continued defiance toward and disdain for their killers.

Source: "Facing the Bullets" One-Liner
He raises his arm out of the fire and flips the aliens off, both as a gesture of defiance and as a declaration of victory (since even if he died, the aliens were about to be exposed).

Source: Defiant to the End
The chorus, however, is a bouncy rapid-fire Motor Mouth-ed sass parade of defiance.

Source: Music / Soviet Kitsch

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