as in ignored
to go against the commands, prohibitions, or rules of
students who disobey their teachers and use cell phones in class drivers who consistently disobey traffic laws
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Recent Examples of disobeyed
Hours after the shooting, Noem defended the ICE officer who shot Good, saying the woman had blocked federal officers with her SUV and disobeyed orders to get out of her vehicle.
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Juliana Kim, NPR, 9 Jan. 2026
One aviation expert argued that IndiGo not only disobeyed the regulations, but also increased its domestic flights without increasing crew and pilots.
—semafor.com, 8 Dec. 2025
An order requiring the performance of a military duty or act may be inferred to be lawful and it is disobeyed at the peril of the subordinate.
—Christa Swanson, CBS News, 22 Nov. 2025
Harvick said the agency gave lawful orders for the crowd to move back, which were disobeyed.
—Daniella Silva, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2025
This was neither the first nor the last time that Patton disobeyed an order.
—Davis Winkie, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
Along with allied criminal groups, the syndicate’s crimes led to the deaths of 10 people who disobeyed the group’s management or tried to escape the compounds, according to the Chinese court’s statement.
—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disobeyed
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Ramírez, who was supposed to be studying chemistry and physics, ignored such strictures.—
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The supermassive black hole’s forces are unfathomably strong, but the influences of the giant galaxy cluster around it can’t be ignored either.—
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The addition of those provisions, the lawsuit argues, violated a requirement in the Missouri Constitution that laws only deal with one subject.—
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The lawsuit argues the freeze violated federal law, including the Administrative Procedure Act and constitutional limits on executive power and how Congress appropriates funds.—
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Trump has publicly called for Boasberg’s impeachment over his handling of the case, and the judge is separately overseeing a contempt inquiry into whether administration officials unlawfully defied earlier orders blocking deportation flights to El Salvador.—
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Putting himself in peril, Talankin defied a Kremlin propaganda plan disseminated after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine that was designed to militarize children and dictate their worldview.—
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The 45-year-old's work at the CBS Evening News desk was even criticized by fellow TV personality Megyn Kelly, who relentlessly mocked Dokoupil for crying during a CBS News Miami clip that saw him being interviewed by a local broadcaster and subsequently crying over memories of his childhood.—
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Google even subtly mocked the iPhone’s AI shortcomings in ads promoting the release of its latest Pixel phone last summer.—
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Sprowls sued, and an appellate court dismissed the lawsuit, siding with the county party, Davis said.—
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In November, a federal judge dismissed the charges against both Comey and James, finding that Halligan had been unlawfully appointed.—
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Public trust in the justice system is eroded when political cronyism is rewarded over fairness, when accountability is resisted, and when devastating errors are defended instead of confronted.—
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As a child, Caleb resisted being taken into Federation custody, instead going on the lam.—
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“Disobeyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disobeyed. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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