defy
verb (used with object)
to challenge the power of; resist boldly or openly.
will have defied
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future perfectof defy.future perfect
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
Example Sentences
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If they succeed in their current efforts to prevent the realization of the accords' political aspects, they will have defied the international community, including the five Contact Group countries--the U.S.,
From Time Magazine Archive
If he gets it at all, he will have defied the odds.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
You will have defied their authority, and that is what they cannot permit.
From The Rebel of the School by L. T. Meade
