Defy
Further
Common collocations
| understanding | defy understanding | further understanding |
| prophecy | defy prophecy | further prophecy |
Both words in one sentence
- In Helena and Saiph's version, Saiph also encourages her to take this trope even further and defy her scripted demise.
Source: Web Original / Coloring Medium -
Rage Against the Author: When Poison learns that her entire life was fabricated by the Hierophant, she attempts to defy him by not getting involved with the phaeries any further.
Source: Literature / Poison - His datalog in Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII expands his Back Story further, mentioning how had sought to defy the gods and free humanity from the Fal'cie's rule, but lost the fight and was cruelly turned into their puppet.
Source: Troubled, but Cute
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