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menentang
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oppose, defy, resist, go against, confront, argue
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menantang
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challenge, defy, brave, outdare
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membantah
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argue, deny, dispute, disprove, rebut, defy
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melanggar
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violate, break, infringe, transgress, contravene, defy
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tahan menghadapi
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defy
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a woman who defies convention
- That’s why scientists were shocked to spot an insect with wings that seem to defy the forces of nature.
- They give awards to sites that mostly, by their very nature, defy categorisation.
- Despite these troubling warnings, we were determined to defy nature.
- I defy you to wear one for a day and not get stopped, so beware!
- The spirit of the law is undoubtedly being breached by this – I defy anyone to make a profit from an opera house.
- It was right and moral for the strongest race to survive; to have pity for the weak was to defy nature’s laws.
- The effect has been to institutionalize a process that, by its very nature, seems to defy institutionalization.
- But the establishment refuses to defy its campaign donors in the pharmaceutical industry.
- It is in the nature of disaster to defy representation.
- But I defy you to watch the film and not turn away, or at least feel genuine revulsion, at several points.
- Acres of pristine, dirt-free limestone streets and walkways – resembling snaking silver rivers – defy you to even think of dropping a sweet or food wrapper.
- It’s just so infectiously fun, and we defy anyone who hears this amazing album not to play air guitar the instant they hear these tracks.
- He’s so funny, and so purely charismatic here as to defy adequate description.
- Suddenly, we were told, single women everywhere could order made-to-measure designer babies and infertile couples could defy the laws of nature and have healthy children.
- But I defy anyone not to find the ‘rodeo on ice’ amusing.
- I defy anyone to find the actual hokey-pokey in that sequence.
- If the bishop is the final word on governance in his diocese, then he can openly defy the Pope in matters of governance.
- There are innumerable bends that I defy anyone who has any passion whatsoever for motorcycling to be able to ride without making contact between knee slider and tarmac!
- I defy anyone who calls themselves human not to go weak at the knees when they hear this guy sing – a voice so clear and perfect that it could probably craft the edges on diamonds.
- There may be exceptions, but I defy anyone to prove me wrong on this point.