defies
Antonyms
Examples
The sum which two married people owe to one another defies calculation. It is an infinite debt, which can only be discharged through all eternity.
Art defies defeat by its very existence, representing the celebration of life, in spite of all attempts to degrade and destroy it.
You cannot take away freedom to protect it, you cannot destroy the free market to save it, and you cannot uphold freedom of speech by silencing those with whom you disagree. To take rights away to defend them or to spend your way out of debt defies common sense.
Love is large; love defies limits. People talk about the sanctity of love -- love is by definition sacred. Not some love between some people, but all love between all people.
Death defies the doctor.
Death defies the doctor.